Is a chiffonier the same as a sideboard?

Not quite, but the titles treat them as near neighbours. A chiffonier is a low two-door cupboard, often with shelves above, while sideboard in its conventional pedestal sense barely features here: two listings in the whole archive. Dealers hedge openly. Nineteen titles read "chiffonier sideboard" and twenty "chiffonier side cabinet", using both words for one object.

How many come up for sale each year?

Around 29 rosewood sideboards and chiffoniers reach the market on Sellingantiques in a year. They come from a wide field. A total of 114 different dealers have listed one, so no single dealer or region defines what turns up.

What does brass inlaid mean on these cabinets?

Brass line or scroll work let into the surface of the rosewood, a Regency treatment. Twenty-one titles use the phrase, and brass appears in 34 titles overall. The other brass note is the grille: a pierced brass panel filling the door opening instead of a solid one. Both sit in the upper half of the range.

Do rosewood chiffoniers usually have marble tops?

No. Marble is named in 35 titles and marble top in 25, so roughly one in ten of the category. Carrara and serpentine forms both appear, and a few of the breakfront cabinets carry shaped marble to match the front.

What period are most of these?

Regency is the commonest label, attached to 133 listings, and the word appears in 155 titles. William IV and George follow well behind. Victorian pieces, including the credenzas, make up about a fifth. Where dealers give a year at all, the range runs 1800 to 1930 with a thin 1920s tail.

Why do some listings say simulated rosewood?

Because the piece is another timber, often pine, grained or painted to imitate rosewood figure. Four titles say so outright, one of them a Regency pine chiffonier in rosewood paint. Those four sit at or below the middle of the range.