Sideboards
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble
1970s German Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Fiberglass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1960s European Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Sideboards
Walnut
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer
20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Lucite, Plexiglass, Glass
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
1950s Dutch Vintage Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Mirror, Wood
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Chinese Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass Hardware and studs to front and sides
Marked Parzinger Originals
20th Century American Sideboards
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Spanish Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Oak
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1930s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Dutch Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Plastic, Laminate
1990s Swiss Modern Sideboards
Metal, Stainless Steel
1990s Swiss Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1990s Italian Industrial Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Metal
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
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.