Sideboards
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Fabric, Elm, Mahogany
18th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1850s American Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Bronze
20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Satinwood
1960s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Wood, Cherry, Oak
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s English Adam Style Vintage Sideboards
Satinwood
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Swedish Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Sideboards
Steel
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wicker, Rush
1920s English Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Walnut
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Softwood
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Macassar
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Sycamore
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
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.