Sideboards
19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass, Other
1760s Italian Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1880s Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1810s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1790s French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Steel
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Victorian Sideboards
Brass, Steel, Iron
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Mirror
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum, Silver
Mid-20th Century North American Federal Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Oak
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Bronze
17th Century European Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut, Ash
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
Early 18th Century English Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1990s Unknown French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Chestnut
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Walnut
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Bronze
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Birdseye Maple
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Belgian Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Sideboards
Elm
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Empire Sideboards
Upholstery, Walnut
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Sideboards
Walnut
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.