Sideboards
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Teak
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1970s French Other Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1970s Unknown Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s South African Sideboards
Zebra Hide
19th Century Bajan William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century European George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Metal
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood, Elm
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Sycamore, Glass, Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s North American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Early 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-18th Century Welsh Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1960s European Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Bronze
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Formica, Beech
1910s German Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Pine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
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.