Sideboards
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Brazilian Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Rosewood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century Pakistani Antique Sideboards
Cedar
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Regency Sideboards
Wood
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Macassar, Mahogany, Lacquer
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Leather
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Indian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Wenge
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Dutch Brutalist Sideboards
Bamboo
1950s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Copper
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
19th Century European Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American International Style Sideboards
Walnut
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century European Tudor Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Pine
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
Early 2000s Swiss Modern Sideboards
Plastic, Plexiglass
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
17th Century European Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Sideboards
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
Early 1900s Romanian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Georgian Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Portuguese Sideboards
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
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.