Sideboards
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mission Sideboards
Steel
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
2010s American American Classical Sideboards
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Walnut
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Regency Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1910s English Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Copper, Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
19th Century British William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Central American Empire Revival Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century French Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Iron, Brass
1920s British Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI 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.