Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin
19th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Sycamore
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak, Mahogany
1890s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards
Boxwood, Mahogany
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak
1920s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Travertine, Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
1990s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Metal
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s Irish Georgian Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1930s British Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
18th Century British George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1910s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century European George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern 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.