Sideboards
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s American Sideboards
Metal
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Belgian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1910s Scottish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
1960s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1990s Danish Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Sideboards
Elm, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Maple, Lacquer
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1990s American Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century French Gothic Revival Sideboards
Oak
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Copper
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Elm
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s American Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel, Bronze
2010s Italian Sideboards
Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century French Regency Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Resin, Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Paint
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.