Sideboards
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rattan
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Hardwood, Ash, Ebony, Oak, Walnut
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
1970s American Chippendale Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century Federal Sideboards
Brass
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Other
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century English William IV Antique Sideboards
Other
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Copper
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Sideboards
Pine, Paint
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Palmwood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary English Jacobean Sideboards
Oak
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Resin, Wood, Lacquer
1960s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Birch, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Campaign Sideboards
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s German Art Deco Sideboards
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Sideboards
Laminate
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s North American Chinoiserie Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Canadian Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Mahogany, Oak, Rosewood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Sideboards
Oak
19th Century Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Marble
17th Century British Jacobean Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Oak
Early 20th Century Italian Chippendale Sideboards
Walnut, Burl
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Birdseye Maple
1970s Danish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Sideboards
Chrome
2010s Canadian Modern Sideboards
Metal, Steel
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.