Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Sideboards
Cherry
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wenge
1930s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Beech
Early 20th Century Spanish Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Oak
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Directoire Sideboards
Brass
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Pine
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze, Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Gold, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Paint
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1960s Czech Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Rosewood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Rosewood, Walnut
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Crystal, Brass
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
1910s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Walnut
1860s Swedish Victorian Antique 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.