Sideboards
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Lacquer
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut, Cherry
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1990s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Laminate
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Chestnut
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
1980s Taiwanese Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 2000s George III Sideboards
Mahogany
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.