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The term chiffonier, also chiffonnier, may refer to one of at least two types of furniture. Its name comes directly from a French piece of furniture, the chiffonier . [ 1 ] The French name, which comes from the French for a rag-picker , suggests that it was originally intended as a receptacle for odds and ends which had no place elsewhere.
In the 1952 Flannery O'Connor novel Wise Blood, Hazel Motes leaves a note on his mother's abandoned "chifforobe" warning thieves will be found and killed. [7]In the song "Whistlin' Past The Graveyard", Tom Waits writes, "I come in on a night train, With an arm full of box cars, On the wings of a magpie, Cross a hooligan night, And I busted up a chifforobe, way out by the cocomo, Cooked up a ...
Designs for homemade cottage furniture - settee Designs for homemade cottage furniture - chiffonier. Cottage furniture was popular in the United States, particularly on the East Coast of the United States, between 1830 and 1890.
Rag-and-bone man in Paris in 1899 (Photo Eugène Atget). In the UK, 19th-century rag-and-bone men scavenged unwanted rags, bones, metal and other waste from the towns and cities in which they lived. [8]
French commode, by Gilles Joubert, circa 1735, made of oak and walnut, veneered with tulipwood, ebony, holly, other woods, gilt bronze and imitation marble, in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States) A British commode, circa 1772, marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts, overall: 95.9 × 145.1 × 51.9 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
A variety of other new types of furniture appeared, including the chiffonier, a cabinet with five drawers, and the table de toilette, a kind of desk-table with three shutters, the central one having a mirror. [7] Later in the reign of Louis XV, between 1755 and 1760, tastes in furniture began to change.
I've hounded around for a "modern" definition of "chiffonier", and it seems to be along the lines of "smaller piece of furniture with drawers and often some sort of desk". Merriam-Webster, on the other hand, thinks it's "a high narrow chest of drawers", i. e. very much unlike a sideboard, see here. Maikel 21:27, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Chiffonnier Antrophomorphe (1925), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. André Groult (27 August 1884 – 1966) was a French decorator and furniture designer., [1] and one of the most prominent figures of the Art Deco style. [2]