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Secondary term

dresser

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/1266 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A low and wide wooden chest of drawers, often with a mirror above or a mirror stored inside the top drawer. Used to store clothing and for dressing.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

dresser

French

Term (International)

commode-coiffeuse

Term gender (International)

feminine

Alternative term(s)

commode-toilette; toilette à tiroirs

Spanish

Term

dressers (cómoda)

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Note(s)

• Do not confuse with Kitchen Dresser or Dressing Table.

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2023-04-27

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Aronson, Joseph. 1975. “Dresser.” In The Encyclopedia of Furniture, 3rd ed., 175. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.
• Blanchard, Étienne. 1917. “Commode-coiffeuse / Dresser.” In 2000 mots par l’image, ou, Les mots illustrés, 26–27. Montréal, QC: Éditions du Devoir. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24792926M/2000_mots_par_l%27image_ou_Les_mots_illustr%C3%A9s.
• De Reyniès, Nicole. 1987. “commode-toilette.” In Le mobilier domestique II, 1020. Principes d’analyse scientifique. Paris, FR: Imprimerie nationale.
• Merriam-Webster. n.d. “Dresser.” Merriam-Webster.Com Dictionary. Accessed April 21, 2023. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dresser.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust. n.d. “Dressers (Chests of Drawers).” Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. Accessed April 21, 2023. http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300264538.
• Translation Bureau / Bureau de la traduction, and Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada. 1986. “dresser / commode-coiffeuse.” Termium Plus. October 20, 1986. https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?lang=fra&i=1&srchtxt=COMMODE-COIFFEUSE.
• École québécoise du meuble et du bois ouvré. 200AD. “commode.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. 0 200AD. https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/2086842/commode.

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