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Federal Period Mahogany Sideboard with Checkered Bellflower Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Federal period mahogany sideboard with shaped top and conforming case
Category

Antique Late 18th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards

Materials

Brass

1960s Sideboard with Drawers by Jiri Jiroutek, Czechoslovakia
By Jiri Jiroutek
Located in Praha, CZ
Midcentury sideboard with four drawers. The top was refurbished. There are some signs of use (see
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Metal

Rare 19th Century French Louis Walnut Sideboard Drawers Marble Top Bronze Mounts
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning 19th century French Louis walnut sideboard with
Category

Antique 19th Century French Victorian Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Antique Circa 1880 Swedish Pine Sideboard Buffet With Mirror
Located in Centennial, CO
This stunning antique, circa 1880s, pine Swedish sideboard buffet is topped with a mirrored crown
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Buffets

Materials

Brass

Swedish Gustavian Style 19th Century Painted Sideboard with Reeded Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Swedish Gustavian style painted sideboard from the 19th century, with reeded motifs, single
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Sideboards

Materials

Wood

D626/SL - Sideboard
By CPRN HOMOOD
Located in Ponsacco, IT
A lacquered sideboard with a metal top and front doors covered in saddle leather. The structure is
Category

2010s Italian Modern Sideboards

Materials

Metal

D626/SL - Sideboard
D626/SL - Sideboard
$15,018 / item
Vintage midcentury pencil reed / cane sideboard cabinet with drawers, USA 1970s
Located in Hastings, GB
Vintage pencil reed sideboard with concentric circles design on top, USA c1970s. Six drawers, all
Category

Mid-20th Century American Bohemian Cabinets

Materials

Cane, Wood

NVIN0475 Vintage Irwin Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Irwin Sideboard in excellent condition, with the top having been
Category

1990s North American Renaissance Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Empire Quarter Sawn Oak Buffet/Sideboard/Bar Cabinet with Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
sideboard with a mirror top features a distinctive tiger oak wood grain. It features three small central
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Early 20th Century Unknown Empire Buffets

Materials

Mirror, Oak

George III Sideboard
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine Georgian mahogany and satinwood stepped bow front sideboard, the richly figured top with
Category

Antique 1780s English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Painted Wood Sideboard with Fluted Pilasters
Located in Atlanta, GA
, this painted sideboard features a rectangular top with canted corners in the front and molded edges
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Oak Sideboard with Bookcase by Hans J. Wegner for Ry Mobler
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Kiel, SH
Oak Sideboard with bookcase top designed by Hans J. Wegner for Ry Mobler.
Category

Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Italian sideboard late baroque rococo sideboard Mobili Cantù walnut 1920
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Berlin, DE
We are offering for sale a beautiful sideboard with mirror top by “La Permanente Mobili Cantù”. The
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Vintage 1920s Italian Baroque Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Antique Elm Wood Sideboard with Carved Spandrels and Bronze Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese elmwood sideboard from the early 20th century, with carved spandrels and bronze
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards

Materials

Bronze

Swedish 1880s Gustavian Style Painted Wood Sideboard with Carved Diamond Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
sideboard features a rectangular top with canted corners in the front, sitting above a dentil molding. Two
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Chinese Early 20th Century Elm Sideboard with Carved Spandrels and Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese elmwood sideboard from the early 20th century, with carved spandrels and bronze
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Cabinets

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Early 20th Century Sideboard with Three Drawers and Natural Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese sideboard from the early 20th century, with natural finish, three drawers and brass
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Modern Italian Mahogany Sideboard with Mirror by Osvaldo Borsani
By Fratelli Turri, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian mahogany sideboard with onyx top and mirror by Osvaldo Borsani for
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Brass

Mid 20th Century, Vintage, Dining, Massive with Mirror Italian Modern Sideboard
Located in Austin, TX
.1950s, framed flat mirror plate with etched dividing squares, over sideboard with inset green glass top
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Other Sideboards

Materials

Mirror

Show Walnut TV Sideboard
Located in Paris, FR
black finish. the 2 drawers are assembled with traditional dovetail joints. Sideboard with recessed top
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Williams Kimp Sideboard in excellent condition, with the top have
Category

Vintage 1980s American Renaissance Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Baker Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
From Niagara Furniture a Vintage Baker Mahogany Sideboard in excellent condition, with the top have
Category

Vintage 1980s North American Renaissance Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

Empire Buffet with Marble Top and original Brass Hardware
Located in Wichita, KS
French Empire style sideboard buffet with a marble top. late 19th/ early 20thc. The buffet is
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20th Century French Empire Buffets

Materials

Marble, Brass

Early 19th Century Sheraton Style American Bowfront Sideboard with Dropdown Desk
By Thomas Sheraton
Located in Savannah, GA
In fifty-two years in business we have never seen a piece like this rare bowfront sideboard with a
Category

Antique 1810s American Sheraton Desks

Materials

Brass

Italian mid-century modern wood and white marble sideboard with drawers, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
sideboard with white marble top. Under the top there are five drawers in total, on one side two drawers with
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Metal, Brass

1930s French Art Deco Sideboard
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Exquisite 1930s French Art Deco sideboard with inset marble top, made of maple hardwood and veneer
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Nickel

Italian sideboard late baroque rococo sideboard Mobili Cantù walnut 1920 II
By La Permanente Mobili Cantù
Located in Berlin, DE
We are offering for sale a beautiful sideboard with mirror top by “La Permanente Mobili Cantù”. The
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Baroque Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Rustic Italian Hand Painted with Faux Marble top Buffet
Located in Denton, TX
Rustic Italian Hand Painted Sideboard With Faux Marble Top. Very common in the countryside of Italy
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Buffets

Materials

Wood, Paint

Italian Art Deco wooden sideboard with four doors by Gio Ponti, 1940s
By (After) Gio Ponti
Located in MIlano, IT
1940s Sideboard with rectangular wooden top. It has four striped wood doors, each with a hole with a
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Sideboard with Black and White Metal Sliding Doors by Cees Brackman, Netherlands
By Cees Braakman
Located in Brussels, BE
Four black and white sliding doors and two shelves sideboard with a thick wood top. Designed by
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Industrial Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Paul McCobb for Calvin Sideboard and Bar with Leather and Caned Front
By Paul McCobb, Calvin Furniture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A quite stunning combination sideboard with a bar cabinet on top. The bar has felt on the bottom so
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Chinese Early 20th Century Elm Sideboard with Raised Panels, Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese elmwood sideboard from the early 20th century, with raised panels and three
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards

Materials

Elm

French Art Deco Sideboard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Exceptional French Art Deco elegant 1930's sideboard with inset marble top made out of amboyna
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Mid-Century Acyclic and Glass Light Up Display Sideboard or Credenza With Shelve
By Milo Baughman
Located in Miami, FL
1970s mid-century modern lucite sideboard with glass interior shelves, glass top and transparent
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Glass, Acrylic, Wood

Renaissance sideboard, France, circa 1790.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An old sideboard - chest of drawers with a top in the Renaissance style. Made in the late 18th
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Renaissance Cupboards

Materials

Walnut

Arlon Walnut and Marble Sideboard
Located in Paris, FR
. Sideboard with black marble top in polished finish, with iron outlines painted in black in matte finish
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards

Materials

Marble, Iron

Swedish 1890 Painted Sideboard with Two Drawers, Two Doors and Fluted Side Posts
Located in Atlanta, GA
sideboard features a rectangular top with canted corners in the front, sitting above two drawers, each
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Sideboards

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Red Lacquered Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco red lacquered and chrome trimmed sideboard with black marble top.
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Lacquer

Early 20th Carved Walnut Sideboard with Four Doors and Two Drawers and Crest
Located in Miami, FL
sideboard from Spain is topped with a wood top. Two dove-tailed drawers are accented with bronze hardware
Category

Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Sideboards

Materials

Walnut

Julian Chichester Deneuve False Front Sideboard
By Julian Chichester
Located in Lutz, FL
, hall table, sideboard, etc. Comes with a glass top, as well
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards

Materials

Glass, Laminate, Wood

Vintage dark blue sideboard, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage dark blue wooden sideboard with a grey marble top and glass shelving. Beautiful timeless
Category

Vintage 1980s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Marble

NVIN0512 Councill Vintage Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard
Located in Annville, PA
shape is highlighted on the top of the sideboard and this shaping continues downward and is reflected on
Category

1990s North American Renaissance Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

19th century Chinese lacquered hardwood sideboard
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
sideboard.  Panel top with carved scrolled ends.  Below the top surface we have 3 drawers fitted with ring
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards

Materials

Hardwood

Vintage Ivory Split Bamboo Sideboard
Located in Naples, FL
Split bamboo-over-wood sideboard with an ivory finish, tiled top, and brass accents. Each door has
Category

Mid-20th Century Sideboards

Materials

Brass, Other

Vintage Ivory Split Bamboo Sideboard
Vintage Ivory Split Bamboo Sideboard
$3,996 Sale Price
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Acerbis Sheraton Sideboards in Black Glossy Lacquered Top with Doors
By Acerbis, Lodovico Acerbis and Giotto Stoppino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
value, without changing its essence. Structure and Top A sideboard with ‘’sliding-hinged’ open doors. A
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards

Materials

Lacquer

Walnut and Marble Sideboard Credenza
By Leonhard Pfeifer
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant and solid walnut frame sideboard with a beautiful marble top in Calacata or brown
Category

2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Walnut and Marble Sideboard Credenza
By Leonhard Pfeifer, Wewood
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant and solid walnut frame sideboard with a beautiful marble top in Calacata or brown
Category

2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards

Materials

Marble

George II Style Chippendale Sideboard
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine George II style Chinese Chippendale ebonized serpentine sideboard, the breakfront top with a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chippendale Buffets

Materials

Wood

Italian Neo-Classic Fruitwood Sideboard
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Empire Neo-classic (19th Century) fruitwood sideboard cabinet with a marble top over two
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Sideboards

Materials

Marble

Regency Pale Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency pale mahogany pedestal sideboard, the rectangular top with a central drawer disguised in
Category

Antique 19th Century British Regency Sideboards

Materials

Mahogany

French Mid-Century Sycamore Sideboard
By Maxime Old
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) ormolu mounted sycamore sideboard cabinet with a rectangular top above 2
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Ormolu

Walnut Sideboard, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Walnut wood sideboard with two doors on the top decorated with reliefs (rhombuses, triangles panels
Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards

Materials

Metal

Jordi Vilanova Sideboard, circa 1960, Spain
By Jordi Vilanova i Bosch
Located in Girona, Spain
DESCRIPTION: Jordi Vilanova Sideboard, circa 1960, Spain. Wooden Sideboard with Overhanging Top
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Oak, Ceramic

Vintage Brouer Møbelfabrik Rosewood Credenza Sideboard 1960s
By Brouer Mobel
Located in Emeryville, CA
, minimalist pieces are highly sought after by collectors. This stunning 1960s rosewood sideboard features two
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

Materials

Rosewood

Vintage Brouer Møbelfabrik Rosewood Credenza Sideboard 1960s
By Brouer Mobel
Located in Emeryville, CA
, minimalist pieces are highly sought after by collectors. This stunning 1960s rosewood sideboard features two
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Credenzas

Materials

Rosewood

Early 18th Century English Oak Sideboard
Located in High Point, NC
Early 18th century English oak sideboard with a two board plank top, which is beveled around the
Category

Antique 18th Century English Georgian Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Sideboard by Gianfranco Frattini for Bernini, 1950s
By Gian Franco Frattini, Bernini
Located in bruxelles, BE
Wooden sideboard with 3 roll-top doors containing a shelf and 4 drawers. Stamped Bernini on the
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards

Materials

Wood

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Sideboard With Top For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal sideboard with top for your home. Frequently made of wood, stone and marble, every sideboard with top was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a sideboard with top, we have 182 options in-stock, while there are 16 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer sideboard with top, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A sideboard with top is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Modern styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one sideboard with top that is appealing in its simplicity, but Florence Knoll, Paul McCobb and Paul Frankl produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Sideboard With Top?

The average selling price for a sideboard with top at 1stDibs is $5,400, while they’re typically $1,200 on the low end and $145,000 for the highest priced.

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.

Questions About Sideboard With Top
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019

    A sideboard is nearly the same thing as a buffet, but slightly shorter. Standing against a wall in a dining room, a sideboard’s main function is to supply an easily accessible surface for serving trays, bowls or plates of food.

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Sideboards are cabinets with shelves and drawers used to store serving utensils, dinnerware and table linens.

  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024
    The purpose of a sideboard is to provide a place to store and organize items for the home. Often used in dining rooms, sideboards work well for keeping serveware and dinnerware free of dust and hidden when not in use. Some people use sideboards to house entertainment centers, media, games and other odds and ends in living rooms, or place them in entryways to provide places to stash cold-weather accessories, bags and shoes. Explore a large collection of sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021
    A kitchen sideboard is a piece of furniture used for serving food and storing serving dishes and table linens. Kitchen sideboards long and often sit low to the ground. Shop vintage sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A peplum top is a top with a gathered and slightly ruffled piece of fabric at the waist of a blouse.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A tabletop is the flat, horizontal part of a table that is supported by the table’s legs. It is the part of the table where your meals are served. Tabletops come in various shapes, sizes and designs, and a variety of tables can be found on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The terms buffet and sideboard are used interchangeably, although buffets generally have higher legs and stand 34 to 38 inches tall.

  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 25, 2024
    What you can use instead of a sideboard depends on your specific needs. If you're looking for a place to set up buffet spreads when entertaining guests, a console table may be a good option. For storing or displaying items in the dining room, try a bar cabinet, hutch, bookshelf or floating wall shelves. On 1stDibs, shop a large selection of dining room furniture.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 28, 2021
    A sideboard table is generally used for storing cutlery, napkins and other dining supplies. Sideboards have much in common with credenzas and buffet tables but they are distinct from both of those other kinds of case pieces. Shop a range of antique and vintage sideboards and other storage furniture on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
    The difference between a sideboard and a server mostly pertains to usage. A sideboard is a side-table with cabinet doors that is used for serving, most often in a dining room (today, sideboards can sometimes be found in living rooms and foyers). In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard. Sideboards have short legs or no legs at all. A server is very slim and is meant to be placed along the dining room wall. It is shorter and takes up less room than a sideboard and is also considered to be more formal than a sideboard — a sideboard might offer a surface to serve dinner, whereas a server might best be used to serve dessert. Shop a collection of antique, vintage, and contemporary sideboards and servers from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
    The difference between a sideboard and a hutch is that a sideboard is a side table with cabinet doors that was originally used for serving, most often in a dining room (now, you might find a sideboard in a foyer or living room). A hutch is essentially a storage piece made of two parts — there is a set of shelves or cabinets on top of a lower unit, which features a counter and either cabinets or a set of drawers. In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard. A hutch might be of help in serving tea or other beverages, but it is more of a case piece than it is a piece of furniture that is used for serving. Shop a collection of antique, vintage and contemporary sideboards and hutches from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJune 15, 2023
    Yes, a sideboard should generally be taller than a dining table in the same space. Look for a sideboard that is about four to six inches taller than the dining tabletop. The shortest pieces you should consider are those of equal height to the table. If your sideboard is shorter than the dining table, your room may look out of proportion. On 1stDibs, find a variety of sideboards.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024
    The difference between a sideboard and a cabinet is the specificity of the terms. A cabinet is any piece of furniture that features interior storage space hidden behind one or more doors. On the other hand, a sideboard is a long, low cabinet often used to store tableware and linens in dining rooms. Shop a diverse assortment of sideboards and other cabinets on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024
    Yes, you can generally use a sideboard as a TV stand. If you plan to rest the TV on the top of a sideboard, double-check that its weight capacity is great enough to support the weight of the television safely. You may also want to drill the back of the sideboard to add holes for the cords and cables that connect the components of your home theater system. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of sideboards.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023
    How tall a sideboard should be in a living room varies. Most sideboards are 34 to 36 inches tall. If you're using a sideboard as a television stand, the sideboard should be tall enough to allow the center of the television screen to be at eye level. Otherwise, you can typically choose any size sideboard. Shop a range of sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024
    To identify a G Plan sideboard, look for the maker's mark. Nearly all pieces produced by the British maker are marked, but G Plan utilized different markings over the years. For example, pieces from the 1950s and ’60s often display a gold foil oval label emblazoned with the words "E Gomme, High Wycombe." You can find images of all G Plan labels and marks on trusted online resources. You can also ask a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer to help you with the identification process. Explore a wide range of G Plan sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
    Buffet tables and sideboards are both types of cabinet furniture. Though often used as a synonym for “sideboard,” a buffet technically possesses a tiered or shelved superstructure for displaying decorative kitchenware. The term derives from buffet à deux corps, a piece which is seen mostly in French Provincial furniture. A sideboard is a side-table with cabinet doors that is used for serving, most often in a dining room. In form, a credenza has much in common with a sideboard (it's not uncommon to find a sideboard in a foyer, however). Find a wide range of mid-century modern buffets and sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 26, 2024
    The difference between a sideboard and a console table comes down to usage and storage features. Sideboards are usually found in dining rooms and have shelving concealed behind cabinet doors for storing dinnerware, glassware and serveware. Normally positioned in entryways, hallways and living rooms, console tables may have no storage features or include drawers, open shelves or cabinet doors, depending on their design. Find a large selection of console tables and sideboards on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 22, 2019

    The main difference between a buffet and a sideboard is that a buffet is usually slightly taller than a sideboard. However, both types of tables are typically found in the dining room and both serve the same function as a place to put serving dishes.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024
    How long a sideboard should be in a dining room depends on the size of the space and the dimensions of the accompanying dining table. Generally, a dining table should be larger than a sideboard to ensure a balanced look. You also want to ensure that there is at least 24 inches of space between the sideboard and other furnishings to provide enough clearance for walking. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of sideboards.

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