Sideboards
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Glass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1890s Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Sapele Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American American Craftsman Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Plywood
Early 2000s French Minimalist Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Ash
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Birch
1810s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Belgian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Copper, Steel
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Sideboards
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.