Sideboards
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood
1860s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1880s French Gothic Revival Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Sideboards
Pine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Plywood, Ash
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s German Minimalist Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1940s Argentine Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1960s German Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Birch
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Elm
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Plywood
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Chrome
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stone, Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Enamel
1670s Unknown Antique Sideboards
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1920s American Renaissance Revival Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Brass
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.