Sideboards
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Iron
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Iron
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Oak
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1950s Swiss Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Wood
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut, Cherry
19th Century European Baroque Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
1880s American Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1990s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.