Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
19th Century Scottish Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Romanian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Industrial Sideboards
Iron
19th Century English Chippendale Antique Sideboards
Brass
1870s High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1800s Irish Georgian Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Moorish Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Marble
19th Century Japanese Antique Sideboards
Brass, Iron
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Indian Antique Sideboards
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Sideboards
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
1880s Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Lacquer, Paint, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Straw, Wood
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Sideboards
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Steel
19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Country Sideboards
Oak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Country Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Anglo-Japanese Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Late 19th Century Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Bone, Wood
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Egyptian Country Sideboards
Oak, Cane
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Steel
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.