Sideboards
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Belgian Black Marble
20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Plexiglass, Rosewood
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Sapele Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
1820s American Federal Antique Sideboards
Cherry
1960s Spanish Baroque Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Pine
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Stone, Marble, Brass
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Palisander
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Philippine Sideboards
Rattan
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Chrome
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Fruitwood
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, 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.