Sideboards
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century American Neoclassical Sideboards
Walnut
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
18th Century Slovak Rococo Antique Sideboards
Gold Plate
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Minimalist Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Wood
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Philippine Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cane, Oak
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Beech
1880s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1980s Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Beech, Pine
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
19th Century German Antique Sideboards
Pine
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1920s French Directoire Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 1900s English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1980s English Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Philippine Sideboards
Rattan
Late 20th Century European Sideboards
Metal
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Iron, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Fiberglass
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.