Sideboards
19th Century French Rustic Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech, Mahogany
20th Century English Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1910s Edwardian Vintage Sideboards
Satinwood
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Sideboards
Teak
1860s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Sideboards
Travertine
2010s French Sideboards
Travertine
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple, Parchment Paper
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
1970s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Lacquer
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Iron
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Oak, Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Poplar
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
17th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Ebony, Mahogany, Sycamore
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
1810s Irish Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
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.