Sideboards
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Rustic Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Italian Bauhaus Sideboards
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Sideboards
Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Metal
Late 19th Century Italian Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Chestnut
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1930s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s French Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Sideboards
Mirror, Burl, Glass, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
1980s Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Sideboards
Marble, Steel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Carrara Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Iron
1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sideboards
Walnut
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Travertine, Brass
18th Century European Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century Indonesian Moorish Antique Sideboards
Wool
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Yew
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Sideboards
Pine
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary German Organic Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Rosewood, Amboyna
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wenge
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Sideboards
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Ash, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1940s American Federal Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1940s Swedish Gustavian Vintage Sideboards
Maple
Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Sideboards
Pine
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Vintage Sideboards
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.