Sideboards
2010s American Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Sideboards
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Greek Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Greek Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Formica, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century English Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century English Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1670s English James II Antique Sideboards
Oak
1690s English Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Laminate, Walnut
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century English Campaign Sideboards
Brass
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.