Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
19th Century English George IV Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Maple
2010s Polish Sideboards
Marble, Steel
18th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cocobolo
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Sideboards
Iron
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Sideboards
Wood
17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards
Other
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Beech, Zebra Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1920s Scottish Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Teak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
1960s French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Fruitwood
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1990s American Modern Sideboards
Glass, Laminate
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
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.