Sideboards
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Teak
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Copper
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Beech, Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood, Oak
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Steel
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Copper, Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, 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.