There are several distinct types of sideboard. The Georgian sideboard was a long narrow table, fitted with cutlery drawers and cellaret cupboards, used as a serving table in dining rooms. Most examples are at least five feet long.

Although sideboards date from the mid-18th century, their development is usually associated with the designs of Sheraton. Sideboards may be straight fronted, curved at either end, or sometimes have a recessed breakfront. The latter was partly to lighten the effect of a large piece of furniture and partly, writes Sheraton, 'to secure the butler from the jostles of the other servants'.

The central portion of the sideboard, beneath the long drawer, was usually arched with semicircular lunettes, either carved or often strung. The legs were sometimes turned, but more generally were tapered, often standing on spade or block feet. Georgian sideboards always have six legs one at each corner, one on more...

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William and Mary style oak sideboard, 18th century, the…

18th Century Oak Sideboard with Geometric Carvings

William and Mary style oak sideboard, 18th century, the rectangular top above two drawers carved with geometric motifs, raised on six turned and carved legs, height 81 cm width 185 cm depth 52 cm

A colonial cedar and flame mahogany double pedestal sideboard,…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Provenance

A colonial cedar and flame mahogany double pedestal sideboard, circa 1840s, in the William IV manner with a scrolling gallery back, a single frieze drawer and raised on pedestals with flame veneer cupboards, raised on tight scrolled feet. Provenance:…

A William IV rosewood small proportion sideboard, of restrained…

William IV Rosewood Sideboard with Frieze Drawer and Doors

A William IV rosewood small proportion sideboard, of restrained style, with frieze drawer above pair of panelled doors. 95.5 x 35.5 x 92 cm.

William IV pedestal sideboard, in mahogany, three cutlery…

Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Cutlery Drawers and Cellarette

William IV pedestal sideboard, in mahogany, three cutlery drawers to the top section above two cupboard doors, with cellarette

William IV mahogany 4 door sideboard scroll moulded back with…

William IV Mahogany 4 Door Sideboard with Scroll Moulding

William IV mahogany 4 door sideboard scroll moulded back with open shelf, 3 frieze drawers with rounded fronts, 4 arched panel doors below, column uprights on turned feet, 145 cm width

William Hamilton (attributed), early Colonial cedar sideboard,…

Tasmanian Cedar Sideboard with Palladium Back, 1835

William Hamilton (attributed), early Colonial cedar sideboard, twin pedestal with palladium back, doors attractively cross banded with tapering feather banded pilasters, Tasmanian origin, circa 1835. 119 cm high, 177 cm wide, 62 cm deep

William IV mahogany breakfront pedestal sideboard scroll…

Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Scroll Doors

William IV mahogany breakfront pedestal sideboard scroll moulded low gallery back, the pedestals with scroll moulded doors with outset tapering panels, 157 cm width (veneer cracks to doors)

A small mahogany William IV marble top sideboard, circa 1830s,…

William IV Mahogany Marble Top Sideboard

A small mahogany William IV marble top sideboard, circa 1830s, with a low carved foliate and scrollwork gallery above a square edge white marble top, a pronounced dentil border, frieze drawer and a pair of panelled cupboards with concave lower registers…

A William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard, 1830s, with a…

William IV Flame Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard

A William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard, 1830s, with a rectangular gallery flanked by shaped scroll ends with arabesques and relief floral carving, the breakfront top with three concealed frieze drawers above panelled cupboards with pairs of…

A William IV mahogany double pedestal sideboard, circa 1835,…

William IV Mahogany Double Pedestal Sideboard (1835)

A William IV mahogany double pedestal sideboard, circa 1835, the top with gadrooned edges, standing upon pedestals with single doors, raised on claw feet, 91.5 cm high, 182 cm wide, 54 cm deep

William IV twin pedestal sideboard, in mahogany, with a…

Mahogany Twin Pedestal Sideboard with Carved Scrollwork

William IV twin pedestal sideboard, in mahogany, with a pediment crest rail with carved scroll work to the sides, above a straight rectangular top, set with drawers on twin pedestals set with pergola top motifs, 118 177 67 cm

A William IV flame mahogany sideboard, 122 cm high, 114 cm wide,…

William IV Flame Mahogany Sideboard - Antique Furniture

A William IV flame mahogany sideboard, 122 cm high, 114 cm wide, 70 cm deep

A William IV mahogany twin pedestal sideboard, the breakfront…

William IV Mahogany Twin Pedestal Sideboard

A William IV mahogany twin pedestal sideboard, the breakfront top with carved back and three frieze drawers, raised on quadrangular cupboards with scroll feet. 192 x 55 x 130 cm.

An exquisite William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard of…

William IV Flame Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Cellarette

An exquisite William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard of exceptional quality, with cellarette

A William IV twin pedestal sideboard, flame mahogany, circa…

William IV Flame Mahogany Twin Pedestal Sideboard

A William IV twin pedestal sideboard, flame mahogany, circa 1835, 132 cm high, 138 cm wide, 156 cm deep

William IV sideboard flame mahogany twin pedestal, with…

William IV Flame Mahogany Twin Pedestal Sideboard

William IV sideboard flame mahogany twin pedestal, with Sarcophugus tops, spiral and reeded column supports, and convex doors, height 115 cm, width 218 cm, depth 222 cm

Fine quality William IV flame mahogany sideboard

William IV Mahogany Sideboard

Fine quality William IV flame mahogany sideboard

A William IV mahogany sideboard, elaborate carved scrolling…

Elaborate William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Scrolling Back

A William IV mahogany sideboard, elaborate carved scrolling back, with three drawers over three doors, raised on plinth base, requires minor attention. 196 x 56 x 155 cm.

William IV mahogany sideboard with 4 drawers the centre 2…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Provenance

William IV mahogany sideboard with 4 drawers the centre 2 fitted and hinged top lids to both ends one fitted for decanters, 206 cm wide, 56 cm deep, 114 cm high. Provenance: reputedly acquired at auction in 1922 at Stowe house, Buckinghamshire, England…

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard for restoration, 185 cm…

Restoration Project: William IV Mahogany Sideboard

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard for restoration, 185 cm wide, 58 cm deep, 116 cm high

A William IV flame mahogany twin pedestal sideboard, circa…

William IV Flame Mahogany Sideboard, 1830s

A William IV flame mahogany twin pedestal sideboard, circa 1830s, with vigorous and rich figuration, having a long plank gallery with pierced, decoration and central target motif, a shaped top with serpentine frieze, drawer and pedestals with cupboards…

A Regency William IV flame mahogany sideboard c.1830 having…

Regency Flame Mahogany Sideboard with Cupboards and Drawers

A Regency William IV flame mahogany sideboard c.1830 having turned and reeded upper and lower columns the top with three lift up door compartments, the lower sideboard large central drawer between twin pedestal cupboards, each having interior drawers,…

A William IV mahogany inverse breakfront sideboard, low back,…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Cellarette Drawer

A William IV mahogany inverse breakfront sideboard, low back, three drawers, one pedestal with cellarette drawer, the other with three small drawers. 222 cm x 63 cm x 120 cm.

A transitional William IV/Victorian mahogany mirror backed…

Carved Mahogany Mirror Backed Sideboard with Pedestals

A transitional William IV/Victorian mahogany mirror backed pedestal, sideboard, 1830s-40s, an arched finely carved and pierced frame with arabesque vegetal forms, enclosing the original glass, three drawers to a shaped frieze, twin, pedestals with flame…

A fine William IV flame mahogany sideboard, 1830s, with a deep…

William IV Flame Mahogany Sideboard

A fine William IV flame mahogany sideboard, 1830s, with a deep square edge top with a low flat-topped gallery flanked by volutes, three frieze drawers of ogee profile and raised on twin pedestal cupboards with fine gadroon tent top panels to the doors,…

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard the back with swan neck…

William IV Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Swan Neck Pediment

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard the back with swan neck pediment, one pedestal with hinged cellaret top, three drawers on ringed bun feet

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with Thomas Hope…

Mahogany Sideboard with Thomas Hope Backboard

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with Thomas Hope scrolled backboard, circa 1835, crossbanded top and drawer fronts, 119 cm high, 157.5 cm long, 56.5 cm deep

William IV mahogany sideboard, transition piece with the…

Regency-style Mahogany Sideboard with BADA Stamp, 213cm Long

William IV mahogany sideboard, transition piece with the Regency style, twin pedestal, English mahogany, stamped the British Antiques Dealers Association, 213 cm long, 128 cm high, 74 cm deep

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with low gallery back,…

Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Acanthus Doors

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with low gallery back, long frieze drawer, the pedestals with acanthus egg and dart outset doors on box bases

A William IV mahogany sideboard, the top with inverse…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Cellarette Drawer

A William IV mahogany sideboard, the top with inverse breakfront, shell and scroll carved upstand back, raised above a frieze with three drawers, supported on two pedestals, the right-hand pedestal enclosing a cellarette drawer. 175 cm x 57.5 cm x 114 cm

Colonial cedar twin pedestal sideboard in the style of or made…

Colonial Cedar Twin Pedestal Sideboard by William Hamilton

Colonial cedar twin pedestal sideboard in the style of or made by William Hamilton (Refer 'Early Colonial furniture in New South Wales & VDL', Clifford Craig page 115 for similar example. Provenance: Allport Family

The 'Butheroe' sideboard, Early Australian cedar six legged…

Butheroe Sideboard: A Historic Family Heirloom

The 'Butheroe' sideboard, Early Australian cedar six legged sideboard, Sydney, circa 1820, family history purports it was originally a wedding gift from Governor Lachlan Maquarie to John Nevell and Elizabeth Vincent, daughter of James Vincent (carpenter…

A fine quality William IV rosewood breakfront sideboard, the…

William IV Rosewood Breakfront Sideboard with Painted Doors

A fine quality William IV rosewood breakfront sideboard, the shaped, carved back with single shelf, the base with three central open shelves, two cupboard doors with unusual painted and gilded decoration and four hexagonal section full column mouldings.…

A fine William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard, circa 1820,…

William IV Flame Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard

A fine William IV flame mahogany pedestal sideboard, circa 1820, Utilising the rich figuration of the timber the sideboard with a simple beaded arched back above a bow front extended section with a frieze drawer, the pedestals with deep cockbeaded drawers…

William IV mahogany sideboard, for restoration, 153 cm wide,…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard - Restoration Project

William IV mahogany sideboard, for restoration, 153 cm wide, 118 cm high

A William IV rosewood sideboard c1830, 170 x 51 x 150 cm

William IV Rosewood Sideboard, c. 1830

A William IV rosewood sideboard c1830, 170 x 51 x 150 cm

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard ornate scroll and…

Ornate William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Columns

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard ornate scroll and acanthus leaf back, three concave frieze drawers the pedestals with twin tapering columns on gadrooned box bases

A William IV flame mahogany sideboard base, the rectangular top…

William IV Flame Mahogany Sideboard Base

A William IV flame mahogany sideboard base, the rectangular top with thumb moulded edge, the two panelled doors each with wide banding enclosing the central flamed panels, fine carved details to the corners, flanked by tall column type panels with…

A superb William IV double pedestal mahogany sideboard with…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Scroll Decoration

A superb William IV double pedestal mahogany sideboard with scroll decoration, 130 x 200 x 70 cm

A large William IV mahogany sideboard, the rectangular…

William IV Mahogany Sideboard with Lion Feet

A large William IV mahogany sideboard, the rectangular sideboard with a carved splashback, supported by monopodium pedestals with lion feet, 250 x 74 x 135 cm

William IV mahogany double pedestal sideboard, c. 1830, the…

William IV Mahogany Double Pedestal Sideboard

William IV mahogany double pedestal sideboard, c. 1830, the triangular shaped back with moulded scrolling ends, above an inverted breakfront top, a long central beaded drawer flanked by two arch panelled cupboard doors with dummy drawers to the top,…

A good twin pedestal William IV mahogany sideboard, circa 1830s,…

William IV Mahogany Twin Pedestal Sideboard

A good twin pedestal William IV mahogany sideboard, circa 1830s, having an arched back with relief carved volutes and a squared mid section above a breakfront top with a central drawer and two side drawers, the supporting pedestals with striking convex…

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard, with inverted…

William IV Mahogany Pedestal Sideboard with Carved Cupboards

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard, with inverted breakfront, 3 drawers and 2 scroll carved cupboards with inside drawers, 224.5 cm wide, 74.5 cm deep, 137 cm high

Antique William IV faded mahogany breakfront marble topped…

William IV Mahogany Marble Sideboard

Antique William IV faded mahogany breakfront marble topped sideboard

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with 3 drawers above 2…

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard

William IV mahogany pedestal sideboard with 3 drawers above 2 pedestal cabinets (1 with internal drawer), 166.5 cm wide, 66.5 cm deep, 106.5 cm high