Sideboards
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1920s Polish Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
2010s American Louis XV Sideboards
Metal, Sheet Metal
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Beech
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Beech
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Breccia Marble
20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Burl, Ash
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Serpentine
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Birch
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Oak, Paint
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Bronze, Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Lapis Lazuli, Metal
1920s Swiss Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1880s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Fruitwood
19th Century English Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sideboards
Bronze
18th Century Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique 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.