Sideboards
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Philippine Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass, Bronze, Nickel
2010s Italian Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Marble, Brass, Chrome
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Sycamore
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Mirror, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Sideboards
Glass, Lucite, Cherry, Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Wood
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Elm
Late 20th Century British Bauhaus Sideboards
Chrome
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Spanish Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Sideboards
Granite, Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Glass
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century European Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
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.