Sideboards
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Polish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Bakelite, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Poplar, Fir
1920s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Elm
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Granite
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Ukrainian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer, Poplar, Maple
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Birdseye Maple
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Fruitwood, Oak
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century British Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
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.