Sideboards
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Concrete
2010s French Sideboards
Copper, Zinc
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Nickel
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Nickel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other, Nickel
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Concrete
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Lacquer
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Enamel
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Beech, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Brutalist Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Travertine
2010s Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s French Sideboards
Straw, Oak
2010s English Jacobean Sideboards
Oak
2010s Brazilian Sideboards
Hardwood, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Brutalist Sideboards
Metal
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Metal
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.