Sideboards
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Early 1900s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Brutalist Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Fir
1760s Italian Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Iron
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Birdseye Maple
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1940s French Primitive Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1860s French International Style Antique Sideboards
Oak, Glass
1950s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s European Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hickory, Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
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
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
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 Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Sycamore
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Oak
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
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern 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.