Sideboards
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Sideboards
Iron
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Elm
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cane, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Late 19th Century Hungarian Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Art Nouveau Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Formica, Maple, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Sycamore, Pine
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Teak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage 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.