Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Birch, Ebony
19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1840s American Rococo Revival Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble
Mid-20th Century Belgian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1670s English Charles II Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Plywood
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Marble, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary South African Sideboards
Lacquer
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Birdseye Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Masonite
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Birch, Macassar
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Beech, Plywood
1970s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s American Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer, Poplar, Maple
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Art Glass, Cut Glass, Cherry, Mirror
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Plywood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Thai Moorish Antique Sideboards
Paint
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
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.