Sideboards
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wenge
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wenge
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
18th Century British Country Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Wood
1850s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Sideboards
Teak
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Birdseye Maple
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Formica, Maple, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Maple, Hardwood
2010s German Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s French French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1840s Irish Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Marble
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Czech Bauhaus Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash
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.