Sideboard

It usually consists of a set of cabinets, or cupboards, and one or more drawers, all topped by a wooden surface for conveniently holding food, serving dishes, or lighting devices.

Sideboards were made in a range of decorative styles and were frequently ornamented with costly veneers and inlays.

[citation needed] In traditional formal dining rooms today, an antique sideboard is a desirable and fashionable accessory, and finely styled versions from the late 18th or early 19th centuries are the most sought-after and most costly.

Some of the earliest production of sideboards arose in England, France, Poland, Belgium and Scotland.

[1] Characteristic materials used in historic sideboard manufacture include mahogany, oak, pine, and walnut.