Type of case furniture usually having four drawers but sometimes made with three, five, or more; generally supported on feet and sometimes resting directly on the floor. Use "commodes (chests of drawers)" for similar case pieces generally supported on short legs. Use "chests with drawers" for chests with one or more tiers of drawers below a deep storage space.
AAT
300039009
semainiers
Rudd dressing chests
high chests of drawers
commodes (chests of drawers)
chifforobes
chiffonnières
chiffoniers (chests of drawers)
cheval dressers
chests on frames
chests-on-chests
butlers' desks
bachelors' chests
beuros
bureaus (chests of drawers)
buros
chests, dressing
chests-of-drawers
drawers, chests of
dressers (chests of drawers)
dressing chests
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