Sideboards
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Sycamore
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Gold Plate, Bronze
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Ormolu, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1810s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Wenge
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Sideboards
Resin, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1850s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sideboards
Metal
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Opal, Brass
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Louis Philippe Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
2010s Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Sideboards
Wrought Iron, Metal
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.