Sideboards
20th Century American British Colonial Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
19th Century British Regency Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Glass, Wood
19th Century French Other Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany, Lacquer
1960s British Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Teak
1820s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Cherry
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Lithuanian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany, Birch
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Iron
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Masonite
1970s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1950s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Louis XIV Sideboards
Brass
1970s Dutch De Stijl Vintage Sideboards
Beech
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Marble
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Oak, Cherry
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Textile, Ebony
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Smoked Glass, Walnut
20th Century Queen Anne Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Iron, Gold Leaf
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
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.