Sideboards
20th Century English Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Teak
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Regency Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Louis XV Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s American Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Walnut
2010s French Directoire Sideboards
Brass
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Walnut, Burl
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Early 20th Century Dutch Renaissance Revival Sideboards
Oak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Marble, Carrara Marble
1960s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
Late 20th Century English Elizabethan Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Mid-19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Brass, Stainless Steel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
2010s American Sideboards
Brass
17th Century European Elizabethan Antique Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Italian Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Sideboards
Oak, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Italian Country Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
Late 19th Century Hungarian Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Sideboards
Pine
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.