Sideboards
21st Century and Contemporary Italian French Provincial Sideboards
Wood
2010s Italian Baroque Sideboards
Poplar
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Marble, Onyx, Travertine, Brass
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Steel
Mid-20th Century European Art Nouveau Sideboards
Oak
Early 20th Century American Federal Sideboards
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Sideboards
Ebony, Fruitwood, Oak
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century Sideboards
Macassar
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sideboards
Steel
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
1970s American American Colonial Vintage Sideboards
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Sideboards
Palisander
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Ash, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
1870s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Ash
2010s Ukrainian Post-Modern Sideboards
Brass, Other
1850s English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
1940s French Brutalist Vintage Sideboards
Oak
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s American Sideboards
Brass
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
2010s Sideboards
Wood
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Chrome
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sideboards
Chrome, Steel
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Sideboards
Oak
1960s Space Age Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Seagrass, Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Elm
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Scandinavian Modern Sideboards
Oak
2010s Portuguese Modern Sideboards
Wood
1960s American Neoclassical Vintage Sideboards
Cherry
1890s French Louis XV Antique Sideboards
Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Sideboards
Oak, Mahogany
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Macassar
Early 20th Century French Country Sideboards
Wrought Iron
20th Century French Rococo Revival Sideboards
Marble
2010s Hungarian Country Sideboards
Pine
2010s American Post-Modern Sideboards
Maple, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Sideboards
Pine
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Cherry, Mahogany
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
1980s North American Renaissance Vintage Sideboards
Mahogany
2010s Greek Modern Sideboards
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Modern Sideboards
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Chrome
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.