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2. Chest of drawers - Wikipedia

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   The chest drawers were and are called by many names: LAMSAS database contains 37 answers to the request to name a chest of drawers, with "bureau" and "dresser" most popular at 52.5% and 17.5% respectively. [5] Chippendale called them "commode tables" or "commode bureau tables", Hepplewhite used the terms "commodes", "chests of drawers". At the ...

3. Tallboy (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A highboy consists of double chest of drawers (a chest-on-chest), with the lower section usually wider than the upper. [3] A lowboy is a table-height set of drawers designed to hold a clothes chest, [1] which had been the predominant place one stored clothes for many centuries.

4. Campaign furniture - Wikipedia

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   The most common item of campaign furniture is the chest of drawers, often referred to as a military chest or campaign chest. Campaign chests' primary wood was often mahogany, teak, or camphor, although cedar, pine and other woods were also used. The dominant type breaks down into two sections, and has removable feet.

5. Old York acquires rare 17th-century chest of drawers

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   While the Mason-Messinger is considered the top cabinet-making shop in 17th century Boston, relatively few of their high-style chests of drawers survive. The Weare Chest is one of the finest known ...

6. Chifforobe - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Chest (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   Chests designed for linens or other soft objects would have a very smooth or sanded interior, and chests made for heavy equipment or weapons would have a coarser interior. [ citation needed ] Chests were used primarily as a storage unit in the past, whereas today they are also used as decorative furniture [ 4 ] or for seating.