Sideboards
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s German Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Elm
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Belgian Black Marble
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Rattan
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Lacquer
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
1950s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Mexican Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Felt, Wood, Teak
1970s English Country Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Plywood
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.