Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Steel
1960s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Plastic, Oak
2010s French French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Breccia Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1990s American Rustic Sideboards
Oak, Paint
Early 2000s American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Iron
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Ash
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
1880s English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
20th Century American Sideboards
Wood
2010s Canadian Sideboards
Mirror, Ash
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble
19th Century Welsh Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Acrylic, Burl, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Laminate, Wood, Beech, Plywood
1810s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Cherry
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Sideboards
Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Queen Anne Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Burl
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Sycamore
19th Century English Empire Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1950s German Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Sideboards
Lacquer
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Steel
Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bronze, Iron
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.