How many come up for sale each year?

Around 35 breakfront sideboards come to market on Sellingantiques in a year, and 103 different dealers have listed one. That spread matters. This isn't a specialist's corner of the trade; it's a form that turns up in general stock across the country.

What wood are they usually made from?

Mahogany is the default, named in more titles than every other timber put together. Walnut comes next, then rosewood. The archive also throws up satinwood, amboyna, kingwood, coromandel, goncalo alves, padouk, pollard oak, black walnut and burr maple, each turning up only once or twice.

Does a 19th Century date mean anything precise?

No. "19th Century" is the single commonest label in the category, and it sits alongside "Victorian", "Regency" and "Georgian" as a period estimate rather than a year. Of 308 listings, 137 carry a clean year. Where decades are stated they gather in the 1860s, 1880s, 1850s and 1900s. A date between 1920 and 1950 points to a piece made in period taste.

Are credenzas and chiffoniers included in this category?

Yes, and in quantity. Victorian credenzas run to 53 titles, chiffoniers to 25, and both sit under the same heading as true sideboards. Dresser bases, buffets, pedestal sideboards and side cabinets appear here too. Side cabinet wordings alone account for a large slice of the titles.

Which pieces sit at the top of the range?

Continental cabinet work rather than English mahogany. Boulle, pietra dura and porcelain- or ormolu-mounted side cabinets take the highest positions, including a pair sold together. Plain Victorian and Edwardian mahogany sits at the bottom, with painted pine dresser bases lower still.

What unusual examples have turned up?

A Swedish breakfront buffet, a Gothic sideboard and an Aesthetic Movement credenza have each appeared once. So have a Tunbridgeware-inlaid four-door cabinet, an Art Deco sideboard and a Victorian pine dresser base in original paint. None of them recurs.

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A breakfront sideboard is a dining or serving-wall case piece whose front is stepped, the centre section projecting forward of the flanking sections, built to hold linen, plate and glass along a long wall.

Fine Quality Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

19th century

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Fine Quality Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

From London City Antiques

£5,450

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Inlaid Burr Walnut Porcelain Mounted Credenza

19th century

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Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Inlaid Burr Walnut Porcelain Mounted Credenza

From London City Antiques

£3,850

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19th century

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19th‑century Padouk Sideboard

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£1,950

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19th century

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English Burr Walnut Dresser Base

From Arcadia Antiques

£4,995

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Large Magnificent Antique William IV Carved Mahogany Sideboard

19th century

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Large Magnificent Antique William IV Carved Mahogany Sideboard

From London City Antiques

£4,945

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Antique Regency Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard with Six Lion Paw Feet

19th century

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Antique Regency Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard with Six Lion Paw Feet

From Knight Fine Antiques and Collectables

£4,250

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Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Small Breakfront Sideboard

1900 - 1920

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Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Small Breakfront Sideboard

From Marylebone Antiques

£1,250

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19th century

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Exceptional Quality Pollard Oak Mid-19th Century Sideboard

From Loveday Antiques

£3,250

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Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

18th century

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Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

From London City Antiques

£3,850

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Large Edwardian Adam Revival Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard Paw Feet

1900 - 1920

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Large Edwardian Adam Revival Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard Paw Feet

From Also Antique Furniture

£695

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The stepped front runs both ways: alongside plain breakfronts the archive holds inverted breakfronts, reverse breakfronts, and one described simply as D shaped.

19th century

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19th Century Burr Walnut Credenza

From Martlesham Antiques

£3,950

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry Cabinet Sideboard

19th century

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Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry Cabinet Sideboard

From London City Antiques

£10,855

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19th century

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19th Century Kingwood and Marble Top Credenza

From Martlesham Antiques

£4,450

FOR SALE

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19th century

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Aesthetic Movement Credenza

From witchantiques.com

£5,750

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19th century

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19th Century Burr Walnut Credenza

From Martlesham Antiques

£4,950

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Antique Marble Top Grill Front Mahogany Sideboard

1920 - 1940

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Antique Marble Top Grill Front Mahogany Sideboard

From Marylebone Antiques

£1,250

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Antique Breakfront Sideboards

Fine Quality Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

Outstanding Quality Antique Victorian Inlaid Burr Walnut Porcelain Mounted Credenza

19th‑century Padouk Sideboard

English Burr Walnut Dresser Base

Large Magnificent Antique William IV Carved Mahogany Sideboard

Antique Regency Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard with Six Lion Paw Feet

Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Small Breakfront Sideboard

Exceptional Quality Pollard Oak Mid-19th Century Sideboard

Antique George III Quality Figured Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

Large Edwardian Adam Revival Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard Paw Feet

19th Century Burr Walnut Credenza

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Marquetry Cabinet Sideboard

19th Century Kingwood and Marble Top Credenza

Aesthetic Movement Credenza

19th Century Burr Walnut Credenza

Antique Marble Top Grill Front Mahogany Sideboard

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