Sideboards
Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Birch, Walnut, Giltwood
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel, Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Late 20th Century British Chinoiserie Sideboards
Elm
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Reed, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century Hungarian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Regency Revival Sideboards
Iron
1970s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut, Cherry
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1990s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Laminate
1980s Taiwanese Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Lacquer
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Sideboards
Metal
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Danish Minimalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1980s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
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.