Chest of drawers Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Terminology == 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.{{sfn|Burkette|2001|pp=39-40|loc=Table 1}} [[Thomas Chippendale|Chippendale]] called them "commode tables" or "commode bureau tables", [[Hepplewhite]] used the terms "commodes", "chests of drawers". At the beginning of the 20th century "bureau" became popular in the American English, Morse suggests that the name came from the similarities in the construction to "[[Bureau (furniture)|bureau desks]]", popular in the 18th century.{{sfn|Morse|1917|p=41}} A ''[[chifforobe]]'' (from ''chiffo''nier + ward''robe'') is a combination of a wardrobe and a chest of drawers. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page