Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
17th Century English Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Wrought Iron
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Satinwood, Walnut
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch
1940s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Chippendale Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
Early 20th Century Danish Country Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Sideboards
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Hepplewhite Antique Sideboards
Brass
1760s English Antique Sideboards
Oak
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Beech
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Mirror, Formica, Oak
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s French Louis XVI Vintage Sideboards
Breccia Marble, Brass
1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass, Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1980s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century Danish Country Sideboards
Pine
1970s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1940s French Directoire Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
Late 20th Century Unknown French Provincial Sideboards
Marble
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.