Sideboards
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
20th Century English Campaign Sideboards
Leather, Hardwood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mirror, Glass, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Louis Philippe Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century German Bauhaus Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Elm
2010s Serbian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Oak
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1880s English Campaign Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Oak
1810s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Pine
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Maple
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Birch
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
20th Century North American 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.