Sideboards
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
18th Century European Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
Early 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
2010s Sideboards
Steel
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1760s English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Sideboards
Copper
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
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Marble
1660s German Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Crystal, Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Nutwood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1770s French Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Sideboards
Acrylic
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Late 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian 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.