Sideboards
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1990s Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1990s French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
1990s American Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1990s Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Wood, Elm, Paint
1990s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Modern Sideboards
Glass, Laminate
1990s French Post-Modern Sideboards
Bronze
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Goatskin, Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1990s French Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1990s Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1990s American Modern Sideboards
Marble, Silver Leaf
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1990s North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1990s American Sheraton Sideboards
Brass
1990s Italian Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1990s American Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
1990s American Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1990s French Regency Sideboards
Brass
1990s Dutch Brutalist Sideboards
Metal
1990s American Chippendale Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1990s Country Sideboards
Pine
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.