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Hello /lit/
I am trying very hard to remember the name for a piece of furniture for a piece I am writing.

Its a type of table/cabinet/counter that about waist height and enclosed on all sides for the sake of storage. (Usually found in large hallways of manors or churches.)

What is it called?

>> No.1671354

a chest?

>> No.1671357

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffonier

>> No.1671358

chifforobe

>> No.1671365
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"I can see them at home evenings. Chaplin squatting grey and nude, atop his chiffonier, swinging his thyroid around his head by his bamboo cane, like a dead rat. Oona in an aquamarine gown, applauding madly from the bathroom."

>> No.1671366

>>1671354
A chest has a lift-up top. What I'm thinking of does not.

>>1671357
>>1671358
These are close but too tall

Thank you for the guesses though!

>> No.1671369

sideboard?

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Did yo know

Moliere was at first buried 16 feet into the ground because he had no time to renounce his theatrical profession before his death (which was considered scandalous to the church), since the church would not bury him in sacred ground they actually dug underneath and were able to give him a churchyard grave

>> No.1671375
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A sideboard?

>> No.1671376

>>1671358

isn't a chifforobe mentioned in to kill a mockingbird? while correct, i have suspicion that op is looking for "armoire."

>> No.1671381

>>1671376
i think it was the piece that the hick girl asked the black man to chop up

>> No.1671389

>>1671376
armoires are fucking huge, mang

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>>1671375
Much closer! But the legs are completely covered by the sides.

FOUND PIC!

>> No.1671405

>>1671389
yeah- you're right. i was just excited by the chifforobe and thought of something comparable.

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1671406

Sideboard seems to be what OP is looking for

>> No.1671410

This is a sideboard.

Some have legs and some have the box look.

>> No.1671414

>>1671401
that's just a regular table

maybe you're thinking of a hope chest

>> No.1671416

Credenza?

>> No.1671417

Thank you /lit/!

I believe sideboard shall work!

/happywritefag