Sideboards
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Cork
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Minimalist Sideboards
Composition, Metal
19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Other
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1880s English High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Belgian Black Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Minimalist Sideboards
Composition, Metal
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Belgian Primitive Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1880s South Korean Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Elm, Pearwood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Empire Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s European 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.