Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Teak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Burlap
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Maple
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s American Sideboards
Aluminum, Brass
1950s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan, Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Cherry
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1780s American Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Campaign Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Formica
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper
20th Century English Sheraton Sideboards
Silver Leaf
1860s Swedish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Beech
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Sideboards
Metal
1840s American Rococo Revival Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble
Early 1900s Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cane, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Tin
2010s French Sideboards
Straw, Oak
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.