Sideboards
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak, Glass
1920s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s French Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Rattan
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel
Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century German Minimalist Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s British Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Mahogany, Chestnut
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Beech
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Wood, Oak
1920s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Beech, Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
1920s French Directoire Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble, Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 20th Century European Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
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.