Sideboards
1940s Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak, Leather, Glass
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble, Brass, Bronze
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1980s American Queen Anne Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Satinwood, Walnut
Mid-18th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
2010s Asian Minimalist Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
Early 1900s French Beaux Arts Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Elm
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Copper
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Pine
Early 18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
18th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
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.