Sideboards
2010s Indian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Formica, Plywood, Paper
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s German Post-Modern Sideboards
Ash, Olive
2010s Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Reclaimed Wood
2010s British Post-Modern Sideboards
Formica, Oak
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s German Post-Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
2010s German Post-Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Concrete
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Korean Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Indian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Beech, Oak
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s Korean Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Wood, Poplar, Oak, Hardwood
2010s French Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Oak, Wood, Hardwood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Oak
2010s German Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Plywood, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s Asian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Danish Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Stone, Alabaster, Brass
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Granite
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
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.