Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sideboards
Wood, Elm
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
Late 18th Century French Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble
1970s English Adam Style Vintage Sideboards
Satinwood
1960s American Rococo Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
Early 17th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Macassar, Mahogany
1960s American Baroque Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1890s French Directoire Antique Sideboards
Bronze
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Aluminum, Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Cork
2010s Italian Minimalist Sideboards
Brass
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Mid-18th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Oak
1990s Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-19th Century Swedish Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Elm
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
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.