Sideboards
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Sycamore
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cane, Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak, Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass, Bronze, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak, Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century American Rococo Revival Sideboards
Oak
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Maple
2010s Italian Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Marble, Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s Polish Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1890s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Teak
20th Century Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century French Industrial Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Wood, Elm
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Pine
20th Century American Neoclassical Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 20th Century British Sideboards
Walnut
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Art Glass, Elm, Mahogany
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Wood
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.