Sideboards
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Brutalist Sideboards
Iron
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
1960s American Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1980s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1790s Scottish George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Late 18th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Parchment Paper
Early 20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s Italian Art Deco Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Nickel
18th Century Central American Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood, Pine, Paint
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
1970s European Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s American Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American 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.