Sideboards
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Oak
1980s American Empire Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1960s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sideboards
Cherry, Burl, Teak
1920s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1880s Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Regency Sideboards
Mahogany
1840s American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze, Metal
1950s Vintage Sideboards
Bamboo, Teak
20th Century English American Colonial Sideboards
Hardwood
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Walnut
1770s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Hardwood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Ceramic
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1780s Irish Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
2010s French French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Early 20th Century American Industrial Sideboards
Iron
19th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Travertine, Marble
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Burl
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wicker, Teak
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Sideboards
Pine
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
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.