Chifonier of century XIX made with mahogany wood, pertaining to the Canónigo Taforó.
A chiffonier (from the French chiffonier) is a tall, narrow dresser that has drawers from top to bottom. Its name comes from the French chiffon (cloth), reason why would come to mean "place for rags". It suggests that it was originally intended as a receptacle for scraps and other tools that had no other place to store themselves.
Currently, it is used to store all types of clothing but, above all, lingerie and other accessories for women and men. It is also a usual furniture in children's bedrooms. The chiffonier was one of the many curious developments of mixed taste that prevailed in furniture during the Empire Style in England. The earliest chifonieres are from that time; are usually made of rosewood - the preferred wood of that time. Their shackles (knobs, handles and shields) were very often brass and often had a raised shelf with a yellow brass gallery pierced in the back. The doors were well coffered and often lined with brass trim, while the feet were cushions or claws, or, in the examples of choicer, golden bronze sphinxes.
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