Sideboards
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Danish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century North American Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Belgian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Belgian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Cork
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Pine
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Pine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
Late 20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century English Sheraton Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Silver Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Renaissance Sideboards
Walnut
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.