Sideboards
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Ebony, Satinwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Bronze
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Ebony, Mahogany, Sycamore
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Satinwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak, Paint
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Beech
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1950s Belgian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze, Gold Leaf
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak, Rattan
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.