Sideboards
Early 1800s European Antique Sideboards
Walnut
19th Century English Anglo-Indian Antique Sideboards
Padouk
19th Century American Antique Sideboards
Marble
Late 18th Century British Antique Sideboards
Brass
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Iron
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
2010s Spanish Post-Modern Sideboards
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Sideboards
Wood, Paint
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood, Sapele Wood
1920s Georgian Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Sideboards
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Sideboards
Oak
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Teak, Hardwood
Late 20th Century Unknown Adam Style Sideboards
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Sideboards
Elm
Early 20th Century English Sideboards
Mahogany
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Sideboards
Marble
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Brass
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Sideboards
Mirror, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Laminate
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Wood, Plastic
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Teak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Sideboards
Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Sideboards
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Brass
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Metal
19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Pine
19th Century Swedish Antique Sideboards
Pine
1790s English George III Antique Sideboards
Brass
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Sideboards
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Organic Modern Sideboards
Ceramic, Oak
1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sideboards
Teak
2010s German Post-Modern Sideboards
Other
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
Late 19th Century British Antique Sideboards
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Sideboards
Steel
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Rosewood
Early 20th Century French Empire Sideboards
Wood, Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sideboards
Ceramic, Glass, Oak
19th Century Antique Sideboards
Oak
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.