Sideboards
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Bakelite, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Early 20th Century North American Federal Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Bronze
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Copper, Brass, Stainless Steel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Breccia Marble, Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
1720s British Rustic Antique Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century European Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Glass, Maple, Walnut
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Sideboards
Iron
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
Late 19th Century English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Satinwood, Paint
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Argentine Directoire Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Oak
19th Century French Other Antique Sideboards
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.