Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Felt, Wood, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Oak
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Plywood
20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Wood
18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s French Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s American French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Nickel
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1780s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Laminate, Wood
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze, Nickel
Late 20th Century American Georgian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Teak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Metal
Early 19th Century Italian Directoire Antique Sideboards
Wood
1860s Victorian Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Sideboards
Marble
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Adam Style Sideboards
Satinwood
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Chestnut
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Walnut
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bakelite, Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century English Romantic Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, 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.