Sideboards
20th Century Italian Other Sideboards
Opaline Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1940s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Maple, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm, Walnut
19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass, Other
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1920s American Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Other
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Country Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s American Adam Style Vintage Sideboards
Satinwood, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Sideboards
Bronze
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Maple, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Laminate
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s English Antique Sideboards
Other
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.