Sideboards
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Granite, Marble, Quartz, Travertine, Copper, Brass, Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sideboards
Other
Early 20th Century English Hepplewhite Sideboards
Mahogany, Boxwood
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Burl, Mirror
20th Century Eastlake Sideboards
Oak, Mirror
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Sideboards
Elm
20th Century Federal Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Hardwood
1940s Spanish Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Iron
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
2010s American Organic Modern Sideboards
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sideboards
Marble, Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century American American Classical Sideboards
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century Regency Sideboards
Brass
Mid-19th Century Unknown American Empire Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s European Modern Sideboards
Lacquer, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1940s Italian Rococo Revival Vintage Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Stone, Travertine, Marble
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Birch
19th Century French Country Antique Sideboards
Metal
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s American Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sideboards
Brass
Late 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Sideboards
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Macassar
19th Century English Georgian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Bone, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Oak
1950s French Vintage Sideboards
Marble
18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Onyx, Quartz, Travertine, Marble, Copper, Brass, Stainless Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Pine
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Lacquer, Beech
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Sideboards
Birch, Elm, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Asian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
1930s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Danish Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s American Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Marble
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
Late 20th Century American Regency Sideboards
Brass
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.