Sideboards
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Walnut
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Sycamore
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Sycamore
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Copper
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1880s Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century French Sideboards
Elm
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Opal, Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Lacquer
1960s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Faux Leather, Teak
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1990s European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Teak
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Formica, Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian 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.