Sideboards
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1980s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Olive, Burl, Oak
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Ash
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Ash
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s Queen Anne Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Hardwood
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s European Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lambskin, Suede, Glass, Wood
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin, Glass, Maple
1980s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Spanish Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century French Brutalist Sideboards
Elm
1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Modern Sideboards
Elm, Burl
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Poplar, Fir
1980s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wicker, Rush
1980s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Portuguese Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Wicker
1980s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1980s American Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Empire Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1980s German Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, 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.