Sideboards
1810s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Metal, Tin, Sheet Metal
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Sideboards
Glass, Walnut, Burl
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Lacquer
Early 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Wood
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Burl
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Sideboards
Metal
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Spanish Sideboards
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Murano Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Oak
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1840s English Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
2010s American American Craftsman Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
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.