Sideboards
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Modern Sideboards
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Birch
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Rococo Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s German Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1870s European Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Maple, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Ash
Early 19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Amboyna
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Mahogany, Rosewood
1820s English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Marble, Gold Plate
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Teak
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1870s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
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.