Sideboards
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s British Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Maple
19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Maple, Teak
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Lapis Lazuli, Metal
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Steel
20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Stainless Steel
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Reed, Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Teak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Straw, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Cane, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Sideboards
Travertine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1920s French Country Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
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.