Sideboards
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Birch
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1790s English Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
2010s Dutch Sideboards
Resin, Fiberglass
2010s Dutch Sideboards
Resin, Fiberglass
Early 1900s English Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ceramic
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
1830s English William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Mission Sideboards
Oak
1830s English George IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Sideboards
Plastic
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1820s European Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century European Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
2010s Chinese Sideboards
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Coral, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Brass, Iron
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plastic
2010s British Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Sycamore
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
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.