Sideboards
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s Egyptian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Acrylic, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1840s English Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble
Late 19th Century Spanish Gothic Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
2010s Greek Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Velvet, Mirror, Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Down
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century North American Sideboards
Zebra Wood, Burl
Mid-20th Century Dutch Sideboards
Chrome
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1670s Minimalist Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Anglo-Japanese Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Onyx, Marble, Brass
18th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
20th Century American Chippendale Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s British Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Modern 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.