Sideboards
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Sideboards
Lacquer
1960s German Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Statuary Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 18th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Sideboards
Oak
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Sideboards
Cane, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century European Tudor Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Tudor Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Teak
Early 18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Sideboards
Pine
20th Century Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Walnut
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plywood
2010s French Directoire Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Directoire Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1700s French Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Iron
Late 20th Century Brutalist Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Danish Country Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s English Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique 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.