Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
2010s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Parchment Paper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
20th Century North American Sideboards
Zebra Wood, Burl
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Louis XV Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Sapele Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Teak
18th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Cotton, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
20th Century French Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Palisander
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Burl, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birch, Maple
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Hardwood, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Laminate
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Fruitwood, Oak
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Teak
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1780s English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Elm
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
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.