Sideboards
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mission Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Chrome
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Bakelite, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Brass
20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Stained Glass, Oak
2010s South African Minimalist Sideboards
Travertine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Early 19th Century Irish George IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Metal
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 1800s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Oak
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
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.