Sideboards
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Marble
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Bronze
Early 18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Rattan
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Glass, Cherry
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Resin
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Wood, Pine
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Walnut
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Early 19th Century Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Grasscloth, Bamboo
Early 19th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Resin, Wood
1860s English High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
18th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel, Brass, Bronze, Nickel
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Wood, Glass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
1850s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Copper, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.