Sideboards
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Birch
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
19th Century French Empire Antique Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1930s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch, Ebony, Maple
1970s French Other Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Amboyna
19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century European Art Nouveau Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Lacquer
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s European Sideboards
Glass
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
1870s Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
2010s Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
1880s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 1900s Italian Art Deco Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Walnut
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 2000s Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Metal
20th Century English Georgian Sideboards
Hardwood
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Wood
Mid-19th Century Biedermeier Antique Sideboards
Walnut
20th Century English Country Sideboards
Walnut
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Birch
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Nickel
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Bronze
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
1940s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Rattan
1960s Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
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.