Sideboards
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Walnut
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1970s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Glass, Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Burl
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hickory, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Dutch Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Paint
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1780s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Iron
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
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.