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A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a dresser or a bureau, [1] is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers generally stacked one above another. In American English a dresser is a piece of furniture, usually waist high, that has drawers and normally room for a mirror.
This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.
A chifforobe (/ ˈ ʃ ɪ f ə ˌ r oʊ b /), also chiffarobe or chifferobe, is a closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes (that is, a wardrobe or armoire) with a chest of drawers. [1] Typically the wardrobe section runs down one side of the piece, while the drawers occupy the other side. [2]
A commode is any of many pieces of furniture. The Oxford English Dictionary has multiple meanings of "commode". The first relevant definition reads: "A piece of furniture with drawers and shelves; in the bedroom, a sort of elaborate chest of drawers (so in French); in the drawing room, a large (and generally old-fashioned) kind of chiffonier."
Dresser Industries, multinational corporation based in Dallas, Texas; Full-dresser, a large touring motorcycle with panniers, topbox and fairing; Grinding dresser, a tool to dress the surface of a grinding wheel; Set dresser in media or theater, responsible for preparing the set with props and furniture; Window dresser, shop display designer
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A different type of dressing table. Lowboys and tallboys were favorite pieces of the 18th century, both in England and in the United States; the lowboy was most frequently used as a dressing-table, but sometimes as a side-table.
A sideboard, also called a buffet, is an item of furniture traditionally used in the dining room for serving food, for displaying serving dishes, and for storage. 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.