Sideboards
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Beech
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Brass
17th Century European Elizabethan Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Industrial Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Poplar
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
1870s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Iron
2010s American Sideboards
Aluminum, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Paldao
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood
1850s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Iron
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1890s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
1670s Unknown Antique Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 19th Century Danish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Chippendale Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak, Teak
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron, Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Unknown Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Philippine Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
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.