Sideboards
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Rococo Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Oak
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Burl
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Giltwood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Bronze
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Nutwood
20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Sheet Metal, Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Sheet Metal
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Hardwood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Maple
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
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.