Sideboards
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Metal
Early 17th Century English Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
1950s Swedish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary South African Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1920s French Vintage Sideboards
Fir
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
Late 18th Century English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1860s French Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
20th Century Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood, Cherry, Oak
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Maple, Hardwood
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut, Cherry, Olive
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
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.