Sideboards
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century European Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Walnut, Bentwood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1820s Italian Rococo Antique Sideboards
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Stone, Marble, Brass
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
20th Century French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Dutch Brutalist Sideboards
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood
1970s German Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Iron
1950s Indian Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1990s American Space Age Sideboards
Stainless Steel
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1820s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Revival Sideboards
Stone, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Burl, Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1720s British Rustic Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1890s French Directoire Antique Sideboards
Wood, Pine, Paint
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sideboards
Walnut
1950s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
Early 2000s French Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Other
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.