Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Belgian Bauhaus Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1990s American Space Age Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Early 1800s Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Cement, Siena Marble
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
1990s American Sideboards
Reed
2010s British Sideboards
Straw, Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Canadian Eastlake Sideboards
Oak
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Burl
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Industrial Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Lacquer
1750s European Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Czech Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Stone, Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
1990s Italian Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Walnut
1940s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century English Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Industrial Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
2010s British Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary American Sideboards
Cherry, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
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.