Sideboards
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Glass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Lacquer
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s South African Sideboards
Zebra Hide
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary British Other Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ceramic
1990s American Brutalist Sideboards
Metal, Cut Steel
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Stone
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
Antique, New and Vintage Sideboards
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance since their modest first appearance. In Italy, the sideboard was basically a credenza, a solid furnishing with cabinet doors. It was initially intended as an integral piece of any dining room where the wealthy gathered for meals in the southern European country.
Later, in England and France, sideboards retained their utilitarian purpose — a place to keep hot water for rinsing silverware and from which to serve cold drinking water — but would evolve into double-bodied structures that allowed for the display of serveware and utensils on open shelves. We would likely call these buffets, as they’re taller than a sideboard. (Trust us — there is an order to all of this!)
The sideboard is often deemed a buffet in the United States, from the French buffet à deux corps, which referred to a storage and display case. However, a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying attractive kitchenware and certainly makes more sense in the context of buffet dining — abundant meals served for crowds of people.
An antique or vintage sideboard today is a sophisticated and stylish component in sumptuous dining rooms of every shape, size and decor scheme, as well as a statement of its own, showcased in art galleries and museums. Furniture maker and artist Paul Evans, whose work has been the subject of various celebrated museum exhibitions, created ornamented, welded and patinated sideboards for Directional Furniture, collections such as the Cityscape series that speak to his place in revolutionary brutalist furniture design as much as they echo the origins of these sturdy, functional structures centuries ago.
If mid-century modern sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays by Hepplewhite, the particularly elegant pieces crafted by designers Hans Wegner, Edward Wormley or Florence Knoll are often sought by today’s collectors.
Whether you have a specific era or style in mind or you’re open to browsing a vast collection to find the right fit, 1stDibs has a variety of antique, new and vintage sideboards to choose from.