Sideboards
1930s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s British Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Iron, Gold Leaf
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
2010s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin
1920s European William IV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Bronze
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
20th Century Eastlake Sideboards
Oak, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hickory, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Stone, Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1850s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Macassar
1940s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Glass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
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.