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ID: 300039009
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300039009
 
Record Type: concept
chests of drawers (case furniture, <storage and display furniture>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Case furniture characterized by having drawers, typically three to five in number. A chest of drawers is generally supported on feet, but sometimes rests 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.
 
Terms:
chests of drawers (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
chest of drawers (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
chest of drawers (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
beuros (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
bureaus (chests of drawers) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
bureau (chests of drawers) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
bureau (cómodas) (Italian-P,AD,U,SN)
buros (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
chests-of-drawers (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
drawers, chests of (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
ladenkasten (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
ladenkast (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
commodes (general case furniture) (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
commode (general case furniture) (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
Kommode (Kastenmöbel) (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
Kommoden (Kastenmöbel) (C,V,German,AD,PN)
שידת מגירות (C,U,Hebrew,D,N)
שידה עם מגירות (C,U,Hebrew,UF,N)
canterani (C,U,Italian,D,U,MPN)
canterano (C,U,Italian,AD,U,MSN)
cómoda (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
chest of drawer (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,SN)
double chest of drawers (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,PN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TC

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of Objects Facet
 Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
 .... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Furnishings (hierarchy name)
 ........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of furnishings (works)
 ............ furnishings (works) (G)
Hierarchy of <furnishings by form or function>
 ................ <furnishings by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of furniture
 .................... furniture (G)
Hierarchy of <furniture by form or function>
 ........................ <furniture by form or function> (G)
Hierarchy of <storage and display furniture>
 ............................ <storage and display furniture> (G)
Hierarchy of case furniture
 ................................ case furniture (G)
Hierarchy of chests of drawers
 .................................... chests of drawers (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Verwijst naar een type kastmeubel met meestal drie à vijf laden. Een ladekast staat doorgaans op poten, maar kan ook rechtstreeks op de vloer staan. Gebruik 'commodes (ladekasten)' voor soortgelijke kasten die meestal op korte poten staan. Gebruik 'ladekisten' voor kisten met één of meer rijen laden onder een diepe opslagruimte. 
German ..... Bezieht sich auf ein Kastenmöbel, charakteristisch mit drei bis fünf Schubladen. Eine Kommmode steht im Allgemeinen auf Füßen, aber manchmal auch direkt auf dem Boden. Benutze "commodes (chests of drawers)" für ein gleichartiges Möbelstück, das im Allgemeinen von kurzen Beinen getragen wird. Benutze "Schubladentruhe" für eine Truhe, mit einer oder zwei Reihen von Schubladen unter einem großen Aufbewahrungsfach. 
Italian ..... Mobili caratterizzati dall'avere cassetti, in genere da tre a cinque in numero. Un canterano è generalmente supportato sui piedi, ma a volte poggia direttamente sul pavimento. Utilizzare "commodes (chests of drawers)" per mobili simili generalmente supportati su gambe corte. Usa "chests with drawers" per mobili con uno o più piani di cassetti al di sotto di uno spazio di deposito profondo. 
Spanish ..... Tipo de mueble de caja que normalmente tiene cuatro cajones, pero algunas veces está hecho con tres, cinco o más; generalmente apoyado sobre patas y algunas veces reposando directamente sobre el piso. Use "commode” para piezas de caja similares generalmente apoyadas sobre patas cortas. Use "arcón híbrido” para arcones con una o más hileras de cajones debajo de un espacio de almacenamiento profundo. 

Related concepts:
distinguished from ....  bureaus (slant-front desks)
..................................  (slant-front desks, fall-front desks, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300167570]
distinguished from ....  chests with drawers
..................................  (chests (case furniture), case furniture, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300038998]

Sources and Contributors:
שידת מגירות............  [IMJ]
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
שידה עם מגירות............  [IMJ]
.............................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
beuros............  [VP]
.................  Downs and Du Pont, American furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale (1952)
bureau (chests of drawers)............  [ICCD Preferred, VP]
...............................................  ICCD database (1988-)
bureaus (chests of drawers)............  [VP]
...............................................  Furniture History (1965-) 1:28; bureaus
...............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
...............................................  Montgomery, American furniture: Federal Period (1966) 179; bureaus
...............................................  Winterthur Museum, Object name list, unpub. (1987) bureaus
buros............  [VP]
..............  Downs and Du Pont, American furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale (1952)
canterani............  [VP]
....................  Enciclopedia Treccani online (2000) “CASSETTONE o Canterano o Canterale.” Treccani, http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cassettone-o-canterano-o-canterale_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/. Accessed 28 Apr. 2020.
....................  Italian Term Processing (2020)
canterano............  [ICCD, VP]
....................  ICCD database (1988-)
chest of drawer............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.............................  Miller, Como Reconocer las Antigüedades (1991) 18
chest of drawers............  [AASLH Preferred, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.............................  AASLH data (2016-)
.............................  Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988)
.............................  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.............................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.............................  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/1258; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.............................  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 1258
.............................  Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)
.............................  Rodríguez Bernis, Diccionario de Mobiliario (2006) 108
chests of drawers............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
................................  AATA database (2002-) 121802 checked 26 January 2012
................................  Chippendale, Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1966) PL, see plate # 113
................................  Comstock, American Furniture (1962) 14
................................  Edwards and Macquoid, Dictionary of English Furniture, 2d ed. (1983) Vol. 2, 26
................................  Fleming and Honour, Dictionary of the Decorative Arts (1977) 176
................................  Gilbert, Back-stairs Furniture (1977) illustration, 4
................................  Gilbert, Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale (1978) illustration, Vol. 2, 116
................................  Jobe and Kaye, New England Furniture (1984) 130
................................  Montgomery, American furniture: Federal Period (1966) 179
................................  Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
................................  Thornton, 17th Century Interior Decoration (1978) 417
................................  Winterthur Museum, Object name list, unpub. (1987)
chests-of-drawers............  [VP]
................................  Aslin, 19th Century English Furniture (1962) 78
................................  Downs and Du Pont, American furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale (1952) xxiv
................................  Hepplewhite, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1969) 52
................................  Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradtion (1982)
................................  Musgrave, Regency Furniture (1961) 122
commode (general case furniture)............  [AASLH, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
.....................................................  AASLH data (2016-)
.....................................................  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.....................................................  CHIN database (1988-)
.....................................................  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/1258; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.....................................................  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 1258
.....................................................  Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)
commodes (general case furniture)............  [CHIN / RCIP Preferred, VP]
........................................................  CHIN database (1988-)
cómoda............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.................  Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 171
.................  Fleming y Honour, Diccionario de Artes Decorativas (1987)
double chest of drawers............  [CDBP-SNPC]
.........................................  Rodríguez Bernis, Diccionario de Mobiliario (2006) 137
drawers, chests of............  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Kommode (Kastenmöbel)............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
......................................  Böth, Möbel: eine Typologie für Museen und Sammlungen (2005) 34
......................................  Cameron, Das grosse Antiquitäten-Lexikon (1983) 193
......................................  Duden [online] (2011-) https://www.duden.de/node/763274/revisions/1367856/view
......................................  Honour und Fleming, Lexikon Antiquitäten und Kunsthandwerk (1984) 327
Kommoden (Kastenmöbel)............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
.........................................  AAT-Deutsch (2012-)
ladenkast............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................  Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
ladenkasten............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
 
Subject: .....  [AASLH, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, GCI, ICCD, IfM-SMB-PK, IMJ, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AASLH data (2016-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 121802 checked 26 January 2012
............  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Chests
............  Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) bureau; dresser
............  CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............  CHIN database (1988-)
............  Comstock, American Furniture (1962) Commodes (Chests of drawers)
............  Furniture History (1965-) Vol. 1, XI; dressing chests, common; Vol. 1, 5; serpentine dressing chests; Vol. 1, 3; round-front dressing chests
............  Getty Vocabulary Program rules Dressing commodes; Commodes Francois
............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
............  Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/1258; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
............  Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
............  Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)
............  Symond and Whineray, Victorian Furniture (1965) 12; French commode tables
............  Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
............  Verlet, 18th Century in France (1967) Commodes (Chests of drawers)
............  Winterthur Museum, Object name list, unpub. (1987) Chest - Dressing
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Aronson, Encyclopedia of Furniture (1959) 65
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Bureaus." Accessed 02/07/2002.
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) Accessed 02/07/2002.
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin
Italian .......... [VP]
.......... Italian Term Processing (2020)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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