Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Leather
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Ash
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Stained Glass, Walnut, Burl
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Pine
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 2000s Irish Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plastic, Wood, Oak, Plywood
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Zinc
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Silver Leaf
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Sideboards
Stone, Marble
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Hardwood, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Brass
1780s Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Fir
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Elm
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bakelite, Wood, Burl
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Leather, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1890s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Marble, Brass
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.