Sideboards
1840s Swedish Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Cedar
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1870s Japanese Antique Sideboards
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s Hungarian Rustic Vintage Sideboards
Pine
18th Century British Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 17th Century English Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century German Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Baroque Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut
Early 2000s Portuguese Sideboards
Wenge, Lacquer
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Danish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Nutwood
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Vietnamese Sideboards
Oak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm, Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Metal
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Cedar
20th Century English Sheraton Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Cedar
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Copper
1930s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 17th Century English Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Rosewood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1940s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut, Pine
Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Antique and Vintage Sideboards for Sale: Shop Brutalist Sideboards, Mid-Century Sideboards and Charming Art Deco Sideboards on 1stDibs
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.