Sideboards
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Beech
20th Century German Art Deco Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Sideboards
Cherry
20th Century Japanese Meiji Sideboards
Bamboo
2010s South African Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Tin
2010s Swedish Modern Sideboards
Pine
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Felt, Wood, Teak
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sideboards
Marble
Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Sideboards
Bronze
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Sideboards
Ceramic, Wood
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1780s English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash
1940s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Sycamore, Pine
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Indian Modern Sideboards
Brass, Metal
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
20th Century American Queen Anne Sideboards
Brass
Early 2000s Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1880s English Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Sideboards
Marble, Brass
20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
Early 20th Century Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plywood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Satinwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century English British Colonial Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ebony, Sycamore
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sideboards
Mirror, Rosewood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Ash, 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.