What wood are they usually made from?

Mahogany, and by a wide margin. It is named in 118 of 176 titles on Sellingantiques, two-thirds of the whole category. Oak is the second timber at seventeen titles, mostly on Gothic, Baroque and Arts and Crafts treatments. Padouk, rosewood and satinwood turn up on Anglo-Indian and colonial pieces, about one title in twenty.

How many come up for sale each year?

Around seventeen a year come to market on Sellingantiques. Eighty-five different dealers have listed one, so most dealers who handle the form have handled just one or two. It is a piece that passes through a lot of hands, not a speciality.

Does Regency in the title mean a Regency date?

Not reliably. Regency, Victorian and Georgian are used as style labels as often as date labels, and they overlap heavily. Only 60 of 176 listings carry a clean year. The commonest single label is the vague "19th Century", used on 43 listings, more than any decade or reign name. Several pieces tagged Georgian carry circa dates of 1810 to 1825.

Are mirror-backed sideboards common?

In the sold record they are scarce, around one title in a hundred. They are noticeably more common in current stock. A mirror back is a raised superstructure carrying a plate of glass above the top. The related stage back, a tiered panel rather than glass, appears on Scottish examples.

What does the category include besides true pedestal sideboards?

The heading as filed is porous. Chiffoniers account for eight titles, and side cabinets and dressers sit alongside them. A knee-hole chest and a campaign table have been filed here too. The twin-pedestal form still dominates what is listed.

Which makers are associated with the form?

None as a category-level presence. The listings on Sellingantiques carry no cabinetmaker name that recurs across the form. These sideboards are described by timber, period word and shape rather than by workshop.

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A pedestal sideboard is a dining-room case piece built as two cupboard pedestals flanking a centre section, made to store plate, bottles and linen and to serve from.