Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Sideboards
Copper
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Burl, Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
Early 20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Sideboards
Cedar
1950s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Giltwood, Oak
2010s American Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Sideboards
Pine
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Straw, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Napoleon III Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Baroque Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Sideboards
Wood, Birch, Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Late 19th Century Philippine Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Bone, Rosewood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Walnut, Burl
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
2010s Swedish Modern Sideboards
Elm, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Teak
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Sideboards
Ebony, Walnut
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Other
Mid-19th Century Swiss Antique Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Tudor Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Wood
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.