Sideboards
Late 20th Century American Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Pakistani Antique Sideboards
Cedar
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Fir, Leather, Maple, Walnut
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
1820s French Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Black Forest Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Sideboards
Granite
1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Plexiglass, Wood
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Iron
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Ash
Late 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Other
1890s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Metal
19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s English Adam Style Vintage Sideboards
Satinwood
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Paldao
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Palisander
1840s Swedish Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Sideboards
Ebony, Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
18th Century French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
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.