Sideboards
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s English Egyptian Revival Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Walnut
1990s Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1990s Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
Early 1900s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1990s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Beech
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Plastic
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Sideboards
Maple
Early 1900s British Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Breccia Marble
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s Romanian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Italian Modern Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1990s American Modern Sideboards
Glass, Laminate
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Silver Leaf
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1990s French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
Early 1900s French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1900s French Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
1990s American Brutalist Sideboards
Metal, Cut Steel
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Sideboards
Marble
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s Italian Art Deco Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut
Early 1900s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 1900s Antique Sideboards
Other
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Bronze
Early 1900s Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Bronze
1990s American Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Brass
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
Early 1900s Austrian Art Deco Antique Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s French Hollywood Regency Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Fir
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1990s Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Wood, Elm, Paint
Early 1900s Italian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Wood, Elm, Lacquer
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Goatskin, Glass
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.