Sideboards
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Metal
20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Cane, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Rustic Sideboards
Pine
1960s Swedish Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Resin, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Burl, Walnut
Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Sideboards
Pine
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Brass
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Teak
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Sideboards
Wood, Birch, Pine
2010s Italian Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Sideboards
Pine
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer, Mahogany
1890s Italian Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Danish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Bronze, Ormolu
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Brazilian Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
18th Century French Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Raffia, Wood
20th Century French Regency Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
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.