Sideboards
2010s American Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer, Poplar, Maple
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Sideboards
Granite
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Gold Leaf
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Birch
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Maple, Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1980s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Travertine
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Mahogany, Teak
Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Sideboards
Pine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century American Eastlake Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Quartz, Travertine, Copper, Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
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.