Sideboards
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Stainless Steel, Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Wood, Upholstery
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Stained Glass, Burl, Birch
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1790s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
1860s Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany, Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Danish Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Walnut
1890s English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Chinoiserie Sideboards
Marble
19th Century French Antique Sideboards
Fruitwood
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
1930s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak, Rosewood
2010s French Neoclassical Sideboards
Cherry, Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Stone, Onyx, Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Brass
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mirror, Wood, Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 20th Century European Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Leather, Walnut
19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ebony
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sideboards
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
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.