Sideboards
2010s Italian Sideboards
Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Poplar
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass, Bronze, Zinc
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Pine
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Ash, Lacquer, Maple
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Marble, Steel
2010s Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Rosewood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Turkish Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Louis XIV Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Sideboards
Cut Steel
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s French Post-Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Leather, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
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.