Sideboards
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Late 19th Century Hungarian Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Industrial Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Copper
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Marble
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
1960s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 18th Century French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Glass, Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Burl
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Ebony, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sideboards
Cedar
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Velvet, Ebony
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Sideboards
Elm
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Other
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Maple, Oak, Walnut
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s American Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
1940s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Chestnut, Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1940s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sideboards
Cedar
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Mid-17th Century Charles II Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Spanish Brutalist Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Greek Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Travertine, Marble
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Maple, Wood, Hardwood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
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.