Sideboards
1770s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Oak
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century English Georgian Sideboards
Satinwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Bronze
1910s Sheraton Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Elm
1920s European William IV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Sideboards
Iron
Early 20th Century Canadian Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Sideboards
Lacquer
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Early 20th Century English George III Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1920s Scottish Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Belgian Chippendale Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
1910s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XIV Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Marble
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1920s Dutch Arts and Crafts Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
Early 1900s French Hollywood Regency Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Sideboards
Stained Glass, Mahogany
1920s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Marble
Early 1900s English Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Burl
Early 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1770s Swiss Baroque Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s English Antique Sideboards
Other
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
Early 20th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century British Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
1910s Scottish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Other
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Bronze
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.