Sideboards
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Wood, Mirror, Glass
1940s French Baroque Revival Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Cherry
1970s Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Plastic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Spruce, Plastic, Oak
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Walnut
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Wood
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century Argentine Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin, Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Palisander
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Burl
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Chinese Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Metal
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.