Sideboards
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Cane, Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Lambskin, Suede, Glass, Wood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1850s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Felt, Teak, Hardwood, Wood
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut, Oak
2010s Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
20th Century Sideboards
Oak
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Goatskin, Walnut
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Early 2000s Portuguese Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1880s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Oak
1920s American Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Cherry
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
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.