Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Leather
2010s Italian Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Wood, Mirror, Glass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Stainless Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Brutalist Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
Early 2000s Portuguese Sideboards
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century French Regency Revival Sideboards
Iron
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Ebony
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Fiberglass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal, Other
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Nickel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Agate, Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
2010s French Provincial Sideboards
Bone
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s French Provincial Sideboards
Bone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sideboards
Thread, Ash
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Ash, Lacquer, Maple
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Silver, Steel
Early 20th Century American Mission Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Provincial Sideboards
Bone
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1750s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Metal
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
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.