Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Silver, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Sideboards
Mirror, Ash
2010s Italian Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Stone, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Lacquer, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Chestnut
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Pine
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Mirror, Ash
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 2000s George III Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Sideboards
Fruitwood
2010s Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s French Sideboards
Copper, Zinc
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.