Sideboards
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Copper, Steel
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Burl
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Glass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Burl
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Gold Plate, Bronze
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Upholstery, Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Bronze, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Belgian Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wicker, Rush
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1860s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Wood
1980s American Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sideboards
Brass, Steel, Iron
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Maple
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Ash
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
18th Century Louis XIII Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Opal, Brass
20th Century Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Pine
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cane, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Metal
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.