Sideboards
2010s French Post-Modern Sideboards
Walnut
1970s French Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Elm
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Chinese Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Teak
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak, Plywood
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Metal
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Sideboards
Steel
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Mexican Post-Modern Sideboards
Formica, Plywood, Paper
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Austrian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s French Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Ash
2010s Australian Post-Modern Sideboards
Ash
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass, Bronze, Zinc
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Plywood
2010s Swiss Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel, Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1960s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Marble
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Plywood, Ash
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Marble
1980s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
Mid-20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Sideboards
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Beech, Plywood
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s British Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Post-Modern Sideboards
Metal, Bronze
2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Sideboards
Marble
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Brass
2010s Polish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Wood, Oak
2010s English Post-Modern Sideboards
Bronze
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Birch
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.