Sideboards
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Fir
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Sideboards
Cherry, Fruitwood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ebony
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s German Modern Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century English Romantic Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash
20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Leather
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Maple, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Metal
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Late 20th Century French Regency Revival Sideboards
Iron
1890s French Antique Sideboards
Fruitwood
1820s American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Travertine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal, Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Teak
1890s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Walnut
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
Early 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Fir
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.