Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Burl
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
1780s American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak, Rattan
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Murano Glass, Maple
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Rustic Sideboards
Wood, Pine
Late 19th Century Hungarian Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Enamel
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Pearwood
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Giltwood, Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1890s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
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.