Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1980s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Empire Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome, Metal
1980s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Oak
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1980s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Late 20th Century Hungarian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birdseye Maple, Ebony
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze, Iron
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
1970s Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
Late 20th Century American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1990s American Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bakelite, Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
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.