The chest of drawers is a versatile piece of furniture that never gets old. It will change its appearance, becoming unusual, and its purpose, being in different interiors of housing. But still, it will remain a chest of drawers with shelves and drawers designed to store things and items of our everyday life.
The history of the origin of the chest of drawers
The roots of the chest of drawers are in the distant past. And his ancestor is considered an ordinary forged chest. The chest turned into a chest of drawers gradually. At first it became larger, then it was installed on small legs. The next transformation of the chest into an unusual chest of drawers took place on the front part. A drawer appeared at the bottom, and then doors and other compartments.
In the 17th century, furniture makers in Italy and France created low cabinets with doors and drawers, which were called credenzas. Since that time, it is believed that a chest of drawers appeared in the form that is familiar to everyone, with drawers located one above the other. By the way, the French word "commode" means "comfortable".
Rococo dressers
The chest of drawers changed depending on the era. The beginning of the 18th century is the Rococo era. In Parisian salons chests of drawers have become an indispensable attribute of the interior. For living rooms, unusual rococo chests of drawers had sophisticated forms with exquisite finishes: mother-of-pearl, ivory, gilded bronze, precious stones.
At the same time, chests of drawers with mirrors became an indispensable element of furniture design in boudoirs. Chests-secretaries appear in luxurious cabinets-libraries of the upper class, in which boxes for writing materials should have been present.
Classicism, Empire and the Victorian era in the form of a chest of drawers
The era of classicism and empire leaves its mark on the shape of chests of drawers. Here and restraint of decor, and a clearer form of facades, and the geometry of a regular parallelepiped that dominated at that time. Chests of drawers became a must-have piece of bedroom furniture, and they held the linens that should be on hand. At that time, a place was allocated for wardrobes and wardrobes in separate non-residential premises.
The elegance of the Victorian era was expressed in the sophistication of an unusual chest of drawers, covered with white lacquer and carved in the form of vignettes and flower garlands.
Chest of drawers and modernity
Such an element of designer furniture as a chest of drawers has always been considered a symbol of prestige. In the past centuries, famous master furniture makers made original chests of drawers, which can be found in museums, and sometimes in the homes of eminent and rich people of our time.
BCurrently, designers and manufacturers of this beautiful piece of furniture are looking for new original solutions. Despite the simple design of the chest of drawers, manufacturers try to diversify the chest of drawers as much as possible by rearranging. This allows you to fit the chest of drawers into any space of the living space. The choice of a place for a chest of drawers depends on the method of fixing it. It can be either a wall-mounted chest of drawers or a chest of drawers installed along the wall.
In its appearance, a chest of drawers is more functional and more compact than a wardrobe. The internal volume of an unusual chest of drawers for the bedroom is 100% used thanks to the drawers. From an ergonomic point of view, storing items in a chest of drawers and accessing them is considered the most rational. Unlike the wardrobe, the upper part of the chest of drawers is also functionally involved. Any family valuables (photos, still lifes, collections) can be placed on it.
Chest of drawers functionality
A feature of modern chests of drawers is their versatility. What will be inside depends on the desire of the customer. The functionality is also affected by the room in which this unusual chest of drawers will be located.
This version of furniture got into the hallway as a shoe keeper. It is sometimes referred to as a goblet. There is also a chest of drawers with drawers and a mirror in the hallway. The bottom drawers perfectly store seasonal shoes, and the top drawers are usually reserved for all kinds of small things and items: bags, keys, telephone directories, etc.
Once very practical French became the authors of a narrow and unusual chest of drawers, cabinets,which fit into any corner or wall of a small room, usually it was a bedroom. It had a filling of seven boxes in which linen was stored according to the days of the week. Nowadays, such chests of drawers in a reduced form are used in the interior by people involved in needlework. All kinds of hand-made are stored in the boxes. Sometimes needlewomen themselves create such mini chests of drawers, decorating them with decoupage.
Unique Dressers
The uniqueness of modern chests of drawers is in their manufacturability. The drawers use the push-click opening system, which allows you to open the drawers without handles by pressing. More and more, the model of a chest of drawers with a system of hinged and elevator doors comes into use.
Finishing materials can be varied. In the classics, expensive varieties of wood are used: maple, cherry, walnut. The interior of a hi-tech style home involves the use of glass, plastic and metal materials in various combinations to create a chest of drawers. Sometimes special decorations are used: metal corners, legs, locks, latches and more.
And when it comes to the development of unusual chests of drawers by famous designers, finishing methods and manufacturing technology are their know-how. Usually these are single furniture options. Such samples of chests of drawers in the style of antiquity will perfectly decorate respectable offices or living rooms.
No less interesting are the furniture options for children, including chests of drawers, which are very convenient in children's rooms. Design ideas are sometimes just fantastic andexceed all expectations. A good example of this is a chest of drawers, made in the form of a wave (pictured above).
