Sideboards
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Other Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Czech Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Steel
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Oak
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Oak, Lacquer
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century Belgian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Cane, Teak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wenge
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Natural Fiber, Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Walnut
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble, Stone, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Pine
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Opal, Brass
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
1980s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
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.