Sideboards
Mid-20th Century European Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Oak
Early 1900s French Hollywood Regency Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Teak
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Brazilian Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Rosewood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
1980s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Parchment Paper
20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s Italian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palmwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Rosewood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Burl
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1910s Scottish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Murano Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Leather, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Bronze, Steel
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.