Sideboards
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1920s European William IV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Burl
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Stone
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Other
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mahogany, Ash, Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
20th Century Italian Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Teak
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Philippine British Colonial Antique Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1970s European Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1970s Organic Modern Vintage Sideboards
Granite, Chrome
Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Wood
1820s English Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 19th Century French Rococo Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
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.