Sideboards
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Hardwood, Mahogany
1780s Regency Antique Sideboards
Elm
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel, Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
18th Century Irish George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Slate
Mid-20th Century Argentine Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1760s English George III Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1770s English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French International Style Sideboards
Cut Steel
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sideboards
Mirror, Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1880s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Minimalist Sideboards
Nickel
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Rosewood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Palisander
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Birdseye Maple
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swiss Biedermeier Antique Sideboards
Cherry, Spruce
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Anglo-Japanese Sideboards
Metal
20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century German Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1770s Italian Modern Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Parchment Paper, Maple, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Iron
1820s American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Multi-gemstone, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Walnut
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.