Sideboards
1970s Danish Minimalist Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Ash
Late 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Reed, Wood
1970s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Marble
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
1980s Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1970s Spanish Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Wood
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Wood
1980s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Ash
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Plate
1990s French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Walnut
1970s Dutch De Stijl Vintage Sideboards
Beech
Late 20th Century American Sheraton Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Granite
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Oak
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Late 20th Century American Sheraton Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Burl
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1980s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
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.