Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Zebra Wood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards
Other
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Maple
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Metal
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Boxwood, Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Chinese Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Pine
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut
Early 1900s Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Sideboards
Cedar
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Poplar, Pine
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.