Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Sideboards
Walnut
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Metal
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1770s English Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
2010s Austrian Post-Modern Sideboards
Gold Leaf
20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s New Zealand Organic Modern Sideboards
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Sideboards
Aluminum
19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar, Oak
1890s Chippendale Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Swedish Modern Sideboards
Pine
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Maple, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 19th Century English Adam Style Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English George IV Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Cane, Teak
1840s American Rococo Revival Antique Sideboards
Carrara Marble
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English George III Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1920s European William IV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1790s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Sideboards
Wood
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bauhaus Sideboards
Brass
1880s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Metal
1960s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Sideboards
Cherry, Burl, Teak
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Stone, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Brass, Stainless Steel
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern 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.