Definition of "chiffonier" A tall , elegant chest of drawers , often with a mirror attached . quotations examples
Quotations "There is nothing of the kind even within view ," cried Helen , warmly , "nor any one object that could offend the most fastidious eye , as Mrs . Palmer observed ; a duchess might delight in it; every thing is so clean without , and so good within : such beautiful carpets and rugs to match ! such handsome chiffoniers , and elegant books !...
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, pages 219–220
He looked round the poor room , at the distempered walls , and the bad engravings in meretricious frames , the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier ; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan 's , with panelling , with cut glass , with tulips in silver pots , such a room as he had hoped to have for his own .
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company