Sideboards
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1860s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Spanish Colonial Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Baroque Sideboards
Oak
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
20th Century British Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Iron
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Oak, Sycamore, Pine
1940s French Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble
1880s Chinoiserie Antique Sideboards
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
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
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Slate, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary South African Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century European Art Nouveau Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
20th Century Federal Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Early 20th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany, Boxwood
1970s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Birdseye Maple, Walnut, Cherry, Olive
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Sideboards
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
21st Century and Contemporary South African Sideboards
Steel
1970s Danish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Goatskin
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Sideboards
Stainless Steel
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.