Sideboards
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Imbuia
1790s American American Colonial Antique Sideboards
Brass
20th Century English Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Fruitwood, Oak
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
18th Century British Country Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s American Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
18th Century and Earlier Italian Baroque Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Art Nouveau Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Sycamore
1820s American American Empire Antique Sideboards
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather, Glass, Wood, Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
19th Century British Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Satinwood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Directoire Antique Sideboards
Bronze
Late 20th Century Sideboards
Granite, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Art Deco Sideboards
Metal
2010s British Other Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Laminate, Wenge
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Chestnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch
1780s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Textile, Ebony
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Organic Modern Sideboards
Stone, Metal
1940s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Sideboards
Cherry
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Minimalist Sideboards
Walnut, Lacquer, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1990s Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal, Other
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Walnut, Burl
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
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.