Sideboards
20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s European Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak, Glass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Pine
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Early 20th Century French Empire Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1820s English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century English Georgian Sideboards
Mahogany
1910s Edwardian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Birch
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1930s Victorian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 1800s Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wicker, Rush
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Bronze
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Formica, Beech
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.