Sideboards
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1950s Dutch Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s German Sideboards
Resin, Foam
2010s Italian Renaissance Sideboards
Glass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Fabric, Glass, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Other
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Steel, Cut Steel, Brass, Metal, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Opal, Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Glass, Lacquer
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
Early 2000s Portuguese Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Italian Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Acrylic
2010s Italian Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Sideboards
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian International Style Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Shagreen
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Shagreen, Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Wood, Velvet, Mirror
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Corian
1960s French Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wrought Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Mirror, Wood
1950s Chinese Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
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.