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primarily a higher end consignment
store dealing in
furniture, accessories, artwork, home decor, or just
anything for your home. Any questions about
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Thomasville Furniture,
Ethan Allen,
Henredon Furniture,
Drexel Furniture, and
John Widdicomb to mention a few brand furniture
names. |
A chest of drawers, also known
(especially in North American English) as dresser or
bureau, is a piece of furniture which has multiple
parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above each
other. A chifforobe (from chiffonier + wardrobe) is a
combination of a wardrobe and chest of drawers.
Dressers have traditionally been made and used for
storing clothing, especially underwear, socks, and
other items not normally hung in or otherwise stored
in a closet. Dressers are often placed in a bedroom
for this purpose, but can actually be used to store
anything that will fit inside and can be placed
anywhere in a house or another place. Various personal
sundry items are also often stored in a dresser. It
has a long history as one of the stand-bys of a
carpenter's workshop. A typical dresser is
approximately rectangular in overall shape and often
has short legs at the bottom corners for placement on
the floor.
Chests of drawers often come in 5-, 6-, and 7-drawer
varieties, with either a single or a double top
drawer. The chest illustrated at right would be
described as a '2 over 5 chest-on-chest', the latter
term deriving from the fact that at one time it would
have been made as 2 separable pieces. Dressers are
commonly made of wood, similar to many other kinds of
furniture, but of course can be made of other
materials. The inside of the drawers can be accessed
by pulling them out at the front side of the dresser.
A dresser is often placed so that the back side faces
a wall since access to the back is not necessary. The
lateral sides of the dressers are also usually made
such that they can be placed against a wall; for
example, for placement in a room corner. Although
dressers can be made plain in appearance, they can
also be made with a fancy or ornamental appearance,
including finishes and various external color tones.
Most dressers fall into one of two types: those which
are about waist-high or bench-high and dressers
(usually with more drawers) which are about
shoulder-high. Both types typically have a flat
surface on top; of course, items can be placed on top.
Waist-high dressers often have a mirror placed
vertically on top; the mirror is often bought with the
dresser. While a user is getting dressed or otherwise
preparing their grooming, he/she can look at
themselves in the mirror to check their appearance.
Some users may keep lamps for lighting on top of
either kind of dresser, and decorative items or photos
are sometimes added for appearance.
History
In late medieval Europe the chest came into widespread
use, especially in homes of the nobility. This type,
also known as a coffer was more or less a simple
joined wooden box with a hinged lid. It may or may not
have stood on feet. An early transitional phase was
the installation of one drawer beneath this main
compartment. A number of early pieces from the
seventeenth century are extant of oak manufacture from
England, and corresponding seventeenth century pieces
of French walnut have survived. Some of the early
surviving English specimens are from the Charles I
period. Nutting ascribes the earliest piece in his
Furniture Treasury to "before 1649".
See also
* Chifforobe
* Highboy
* Lowboy |
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