Sideboards
20th Century Danish Sideboards
Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1790s English Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Pine
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Regency Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
1980s Empire Vintage Sideboards
Burl, Lacquer
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
20th Century Jacobean Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s French Directoire Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Lacquer
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Sheraton Sideboards
Satinwood, Yew
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Sideboards
Oak
1920s Swedish Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Rosewood
19th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood, Masonite
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
1680s Italian Louis XIV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass, Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Sideboards
Walnut, Porcelain
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English William IV Antique Sideboards
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Louis XVI Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Leather
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Lacquer
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Maple, Lacquer
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1880s French Renaissance Antique Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern 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.