Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1990s American Brutalist Sideboards
Metal, Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Lava, Stone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Brass, Iron
2010s Dutch Sideboards
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Tin
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Glass, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Steel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
20th Century British Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
Early 2000s Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1880s French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
2010s Sideboards
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian International Style Sideboards
Marble
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Lacquer
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Lacquer
2010s Italian International Style Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron, Steel, Brass
2010s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century French Regency Revival Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Leather
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.