Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Late 20th Century American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1980s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Oak
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Rattan, Wood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
Late 18th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Steel
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1980s European Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Granite
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bakelite, Wood
1980s Hepplewhite Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Tulipwood
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Brass
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.