Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1810s Swedish Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1860s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s French Sideboards
Travertine
Late 19th Century British Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Iron
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
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
1850s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Bronze
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
1810s Irish Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century European Empire Antique Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1880s American Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1820s American Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Travertine, Marble
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Ash
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Cypress
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Maple, Oak, Walnut
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.