Sideboards
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble, Stone, Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
21st Century and Contemporary English Gustavian Sideboards
Pine
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Laminate
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
2010s British Sideboards
Straw, Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1920s Jacobean Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plywood
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Oak
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Anglo-Japanese Sideboards
Brass
1840s American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Bronze
Mid-19th Century Belgian Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Rustic Sideboards
Wood
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Leather
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Louis Philippe Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Cherry
Early 20th Century Unknown Louis XV Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Sideboards
Ceramic, 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.