Sideboards
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Fruitwood, Oak
2010s American American Classical Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Cherry
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century American Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American Neoclassical Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak, Glass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 19th Century North American American Classical Antique Sideboards
Bone, Elm, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Sideboards
Marble, Brass
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1980s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Brass, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards
Birch
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
20th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Sideboards
Stone, Granite, Marble, Metal, Brass
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Leather
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Neoclassical Sideboards
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Stained Glass, Oak
Early 1800s Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 1800s Swiss Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Iron
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1930s French Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Cherry
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.