Sideboards
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Brass
Early 1800s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1880s Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
Early 20th Century Czech Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Other
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-18th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
19th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Art Glass, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plastic, Wood, Oak, Plywood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Sideboards
Zinc
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 1900s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Iron
Late 20th Century Hungarian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Maple, Rosewood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1960s Dutch Vintage Sideboards
Wenge
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Sideboards
Fruitwood
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 18th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary 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.