Sideboards
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Grasscloth, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Glass, Maple, Walnut
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Leather
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Oak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rattan, Glass, Wood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Sideboards
Laminate
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Maple, Hardwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Rosewood, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Mahogany, Teak
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm, Walnut
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wrought Iron
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Palisander
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Metal
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
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.