Sideboards
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Sideboards
Steel
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
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 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
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Beech
2010s Sideboards
Copper
2010s American American Classical Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Crystal, Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Sideboards
Acrylic
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
2010s Egyptian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s European Sideboards
Wood
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Copper
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
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.