Sideboards
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1780s American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1780s Irish Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Metal
18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak, Rosewood
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm
1810s Regency Antique Sideboards
Giltwood
1890s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Copper
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
1980s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1780s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary English Jacobean 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.