Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel, Bronze
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Walnut
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Copper
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Glass, Satinwood
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s German Industrial Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Felt, Mirror, Rosewood, Teak
1970s European Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1920s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Copper
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Birch, Walnut, Giltwood
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Canadian Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech
1970s European Organic Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Sideboards
Lacquer
1940s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century English George III Sideboards
Mahogany
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.