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.

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Sideboard

From Poirot Art Deco

£1,250

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1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Sideboard by Maurice Adams

From Poirot Art Deco

£2,750

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Monumental Extra Large Antique Victorian Satinwood Marquetry Ormolu & Porcelain Display Cabinet Credenza

19th century

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Monumental Extra Large Antique Victorian Satinwood Marquetry Ormolu & Porcelain Display Cabinet Credenza

From London City Antiques

£47,500

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1920 - 1940

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Fine Art Deco Sideboard

From Poirot Art Deco

£2,250

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19th century

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Victorian Rosewood Credenza/ Sideboard

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£2,250

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19th century

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George IV Mahogany Sideboard

From Antiques Decorative

£490

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1900 - 1920

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Very Good Breakfront Dresser Base

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£1,295

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19th century

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Good Quality Antique Mahogany Sideboard

From John Howkins Antiques

£1,350

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Sideboard

From FB Antiques

£1,250

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Very Good Quality Inlaid Walnut Side Cabinet.

19th century

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Very Good Quality Inlaid Walnut Side Cabinet.

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£1,185

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The most expensive breakfront sideboard ever sold on Sellingantiques was a fine Regency rosewood and brass inlaid breakfront chiffonier of about 1820, sold in May 2021.

19th century

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Regency Amboyna Side Cabinet

From Blank Canvas Antiques

£11,500

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19th century

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Victorian Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,475

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Large Regency Period Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard

19th century

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Large Regency Period Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard

From Camden Antiques

£2,650

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Victorian Ebonised & Marquetry Credenza Side Cabinet

19th century

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Victorian Ebonised & Marquetry Credenza Side Cabinet

From Arrowsmith Antiques & Interiors

£4,800

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Georgian Revival Walnut Breakfront Sideboard

1900 - 1920

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Georgian Revival Walnut Breakfront Sideboard

From Philip Hunt Antiques

£1,395

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Large George III Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard

18th century

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Large George III Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard

From Camden Antiques

£3,250

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Antique Breakfront Sideboards

Art Deco Sideboard

Art Deco Sideboard by Maurice Adams

Monumental Extra Large Antique Victorian Satinwood Marquetry Ormolu & Porcelain Display Cabinet Credenza

Fine Art Deco Sideboard

Victorian Rosewood Credenza/ Sideboard

George IV Mahogany Sideboard

Very Good Breakfront Dresser Base

Good Quality Antique Mahogany Sideboard

Victorian Mahogany Sideboard

Very Good Quality Inlaid Walnut Side Cabinet.

Regency Amboyna Side Cabinet

Victorian Mahogany Breakfront Sideboard

Large Regency Period Inlaid Flame Mahogany Sideboard

Victorian Ebonised & Marquetry Credenza Side Cabinet

Georgian Revival Walnut Breakfront Sideboard

Large George III Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard

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