Sideboards
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Hardwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
19th Century English Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Gold
1830s English William IV Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century British Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Dutch Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Resin
Late 17th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Parchment Paper, Glass
19th Century British Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Gold
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mauritian Modern Sideboards
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.