Sideboards
2010s Philippine Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Granite, Brass
Late 19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Mahogany, Walnut, Plywood
20th Century Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plywood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Mission Sideboards
Oak
1980s American American Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s European Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
20th Century North American Sideboards
Zebra Wood, Burl
Late 20th Century Unknown Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Granite
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1990s Belgian Post-Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Copper, Brass, Stainless Steel
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Fruitwood, Oak
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Upholstery, Wood
Late 19th Century North American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak, Paint
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Ceramic
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.