Sideboards
Late 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Wood, Plywood, Lacquer
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mission Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Elm
Early 19th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Walnut, Pine, Glass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Bamboo
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wool
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Glass, Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Resin
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
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.