Sideboards
Late 18th Century George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Oak
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
20th Century English American Colonial Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Plexiglass, Rosewood
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Sideboards
Iron
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Wenge
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Sapele Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Yew
2010s Mexican American Craftsman Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Sideboards
Beech
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Belgian Black Marble
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Steel
1890s Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1780s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Plywood
19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Mexican Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
18th Century European Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1860s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Murano 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.