Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century Danish Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1920s Hungarian Rustic Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Pine
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Chrome, Nickel
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1980s English Regency Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Plywood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Oak, Walnut
Late 20th Century Philippine Sideboards
Rattan
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Wood
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1970s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
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.