Sideboards
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Ebony, Satinwood
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Oak, Pine
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Fruitwood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century English American Colonial Sideboards
Hardwood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Chippendale Sideboards
Crystal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Poplar
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1860s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Oak, Plywood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
18th Century European Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Ebony, Mahogany, Sycamore
1880s English Campaign Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
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.