Sideboards
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Teak
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak, Rattan
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Oak
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Plywood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1960s Belgian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper, Enamel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century North American Federal Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
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.