Sideboards
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century English Sheraton Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Belgian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Teak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Elm
20th Century Canadian Eastlake Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
2010s Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Reclaimed Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Seagrass, Teak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Wood
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Ash
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Metal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple, Cork
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Maple
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Wood
1920s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary English Sideboards
Chestnut
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.