Sideboards
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Chrome
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Croatian Modern Sideboards
Marble
Early 2000s Belgian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1930s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Yew
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel, Bronze
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Hardwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Leather
2010s Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Crystal, Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 2000s Slovak Modern Sideboards
Paint
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s American American Craftsman Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Mexican American Craftsman Sideboards
Walnut
Early 2000s French Minimalist Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Sideboards
Elm
2010s Balkan Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
2010s Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Serbian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut, Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Sideboards
Wood
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.