BH | Studio Pickering Scalloped 4-Door Sideboard

The sideboard grew up in the Georgian dining room of the eighteenth century, a long cabinet to hold silver, linen and the dishes for the next course. This one has a front cut in deep, rounded vertical ribs that recall the fluting of a classical column, and round bun feet of the kind found on late seventeenth-century chests.

Built in solid hardwood with a Chestnut or Blonde finish, it carries its carved, rippling front across four doors, each opened by a finger pull cut into the edge. Behind them, shelves take dinner services, table linens, serving platters or books. Covered holes in the back feed cables through, so it can sit under a wall-mounted television as a media cabinet with the wires out of sight. Round bun feet, each with an adjustable leveler, settle it true on any floor, and it is rated to hold 200 lbs.

In a dining room it works as a buffet, holding the plates and the next course, with candlesticks at either end; in a living room it becomes the media console, with lamps and a few books on its long top; in a wide entryway it keeps gloves, leashes and mail behind closed doors. The ribbed front looks superb against a deep green or oxblood wall, under a gilt mirror, with a pair of ginger jar lamps and a bowl of quinces.