Sideboards
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Elm
20th Century American Other Sideboards
Resin
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash
1970s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese George III Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English George II Antique Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
Mid-17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Belgian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century Dutch Sideboards
Wenge
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Bakelite, Birdseye Maple, Mahogany
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century American Adam Style Sideboards
Satinwood
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century British Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Mahogany
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Ash
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
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.