Sideboards
20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Elm, Yew
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Spanish Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Teak
19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Faux Leather, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century British Sideboards
Yew
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s German Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Palisander, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Cherry
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Glass, Cherry
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Walnut, Pine, Glass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sapele Wood
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Belgian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Resin
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Bamboo
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wool
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Wood, Pine
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Early 19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
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.