Sideboards
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Pine
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Elm
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1970s European Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century English Sheraton Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Walnut
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Pine
1970s Danish Minimalist Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
1970s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Marble
1980s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Yew
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Wood
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Ash
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Brass, Enamel
Late 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Reed, Wood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
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.