Sideboards
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold, Bronze
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
2010s Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Wood, Plywood, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mission Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
1970s French Bohemian Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Cherry
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
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.