Sideboards
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century French Gothic Revival Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1970s Belgian Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Glass
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1990s American Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century French Regency Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Resin, Fiberglass, Polystyrene, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Glass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1950s Swiss Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Iron
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Oak
18th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut, Cherry
1930s French Art Deco 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.