Sideboards
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech, Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Chippendale Sideboards
Crystal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Poplar
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Pine
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Ebony, Mahogany, Sycamore
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Satinwood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Norwegian Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sapele Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Metal
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.