Sideboards
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
20th Century Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Plexiglass, Cherry
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Cherry
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Pine
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Wood
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Copper, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Burl, Wood
Early 20th Century Canadian Victorian Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1880s Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Fir
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Scottish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Elm
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Teak
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
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.