Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Travertine
20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut, Birdseye Maple
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Guatemalan Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Wood, Teak
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Sideboards
Brass
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary South African Minimalist Sideboards
Steel
Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1970s Belgian Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
2010s American Sideboards
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Sideboards
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Organic Modern Sideboards
Marble
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Fir, Leather, Maple, Walnut
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s French Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Plastic
Early 20th Century Sideboards
Bronze
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
2010s Spanish Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Wood, Walnut
18th Century Central American Baroque Antique Sideboards
Wood, Pine, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
20th Century English Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Teak
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
Mid-19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Sideboards
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Modern Sideboards
Travertine, Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1860s French Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak
1880s English Antique Sideboards
Pine
2010s Italian Sideboards
Wood
20th Century American Chippendale Sideboards
Brass
2010s American Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sideboards
Wood
Late 19th Century Spanish Baroque Revival Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Brutalist Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1850s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1980s American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Elm
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1840s English Antique Sideboards
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century Louis XV Sideboards
Elm
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
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.