Sideboards
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin, Walnut
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Burl
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Oak
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Burl
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Burl
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Burl
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Glass, Satinwood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Maple
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Softwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Burl
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Rosewood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Parchment Paper
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Olive
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Murano Glass, Wood
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Sideboards
Plywood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
2010s Spanish Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer, Ebony
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Birch
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Rosewood, Parchment Paper
1830s Italian Art Deco Antique Sideboards
Granite
1940s Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel
Mid-20th Century North American Federal Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s American Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer, Poplar, Maple
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Nickel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1940s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
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.