Sideboards
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
18th Century European Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1760s English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 18th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 17th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
1750s Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1980s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1660s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Nutwood
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1770s French Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s English Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1680s Italian Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wicker, Rush
18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Beech, Pine
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
18th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
18th Century Slovak Rococo Antique Sideboards
Gold Plate
Late 18th Century British French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass, Other
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Iron, Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Oak, Pine
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards
Boxwood, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Plexiglass, Cherry
1780s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s Regency Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s American Sheraton Vintage Sideboards
Brass
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
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.