Country French Buffets And Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Antique 17th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
Antique 1770s French French Provincial Sideboards
Walnut
Antique Late 18th Century French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Unknown Other Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Country Sideboards
Wrought Iron
Antique Early 19th Century Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XV Sideboards
Elm, Fruitwood
Antique 1860s French Baroque Revival Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1960s American Louis XV Sideboards
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Vintage 1920s French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Antique 19th Century American Country Sideboards
Pine
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Antique 17th Century European Elizabethan Sideboards
Oak
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Antique 1710s French Louis XIV Sideboards
Walnut
Vintage 1940s French Aesthetic Movement Sideboards
Oak
20th Century American Country Sideboards
20th Century French Country Sideboards
Iron
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Country Sideboards
Antique 19th Century French Sideboards
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Fruitwood
20th Century Country Sideboards
Walnut
Antique Early 1900s French Country Sideboards
Wood
Antique 19th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Pine
Vintage 1960s American French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Louis XV Sideboards
Brass
Vintage 1980s American French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Primitive Sideboards
Wood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Buffets
Cherry
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Sideboards
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Oak
Antique Early 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century French Country Sideboards
Walnut
Early 2000s North American French Provincial Sideboards
Cherry
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Fruitwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Antique 19th Century French Country Sideboards
Pine
Antique Mid-19th Century French Country Sideboards
Oak
Antique 18th Century French Sideboards
Ash, Fruitwood
Antique Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Antique 1880s French French Provincial Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Beech, Pine, Plywood
Antique 1890s French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Country Sideboards
Wood
Vintage 1950s Country Sideboards
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Provincial Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Walnut
Antique 1780s Louis XV Sideboards
Ash
Antique Early 1900s English Country Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Leather
Vintage 1960s American Directoire Sideboards
Paint, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Sideboards
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Sideboards
Cherry
Antique Early 19th Century Sideboards
Cherry
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian William IV Dry Bars
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Finding the Right Sideboards for You
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.
Once simply boards made of wood that were used to support ceremonial dining, sideboards have taken on much greater importance as case pieces 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.
Every imaginable iteration of the sideboard has taken shape over the years. 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 or vintage Danish sideboards are more to your liking than an 18th-century mahogany sideboard with decorative inlays in the Hepplewhite style, 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 and vintage sideboards to choose from.
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