credenza

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian credenza. Doublet of credence.

1. A sideboard or buffet.

   “Two credenze dating about the middle of the century, shown in Figures 135 and 136, illustrate the stage of excessive ornamentation of furniture reached about this time.”

   “The furniture consists of many fine small and large cabinets, credenze and tables, all especially alluring and of unusual types not very frequently found today; […]”

2. A horizontal filing cabinet, typically placed behind a desk.

   “I wandered over to his record collection, past his mantel displaying mid-century lighters, past his closet filled with trench coats and shoehorns, past his credenza stacked with pamphlets.”