Sideboards
Early 1800s English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century British Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 2000s Austrian Sideboards
Metal
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Asian Chinoiserie Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1860s Victorian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Russian Organic Modern Sideboards
Metal, Enamel
1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Anglo-Japanese Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Anglo-Japanese Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
2010s Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Burl, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Wood, Plywood, Lacquer
19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English George IV Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Pine
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1850s Italian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XIII Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood, Tulipwood
Late 19th Century British French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
1810s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Oak, 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.