Sideboards
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
1970s Spanish Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Crystal, Brass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian British Colonial Sideboards
Bamboo, Mahogany
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Elm
Late 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Lacquer
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Chrome
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
20th Century British Sideboards
Hardwood
1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Fruitwood, Walnut
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Sideboards
Marble
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel, Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Rock Crystal
Mid-20th Century Spanish Sideboards
Wrought Iron
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Central American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.