Sideboards
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Sideboards
Fruitwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1860s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plywood
Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1960s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Maple
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Lacquer
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 1800s Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Cement, Siena Marble
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1890s French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 1700s French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Iron
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Statuary Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Aluminum
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Steel
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Metal
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Metal
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Belgian Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Marble, Silver Plate
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1840s Swedish Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
1970s Belgian Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Wood, Laminate
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
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.