Sideboards
18th Century Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Birch, Ebony
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s British Sideboards
Copper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Italian Minimalist Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass, Sheet Metal, Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1990s French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Beech, Zebra Wood
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Lapis Lazuli, Metal
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Concrete
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Teak
20th Century American British Colonial Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
2010s French Sideboards
Travertine
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1810s American Federal Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Straw, Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Walnut
1980s German Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Ash
2010s Danish Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
2010s Indian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Early 20th Century Rustic Sideboards
Mahogany
1740s British George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
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.