Wardrobe
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A wardrobe, also called armoire or almirah, is a piece of standing furniture used for storing clothes. The term is also sometimes used for a closet. The earliest wardrobe was likely a chest, but the t
Kas, early 19th century, Brooklyn Museum (New York City)
Intricately carved French Oakley style tallboy with under-cabinet instead of a chest of drawers
Frankfurt cabinet in the city hall of Frankfurt
A Chinese Ming Dynasty compound wardrobe made of rosewood, latter half of the 16th century
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Tansu are traditional Japanese mobile storage cabinets. Tansu are commonly used for the storage of clothing, particularly kimono.
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Edo-period ryobiraki chest on chest were used by merchant class women for personal clothing storage.
Ryobiraki tansu being carried by hired porters. Woodblock print, Utagawa Toyokuni, 1807
Nagamochi kuruma wheeled trunks are the oldest documented category of tansu.
Edo citizens trying to escape advancing flames with their chests on wheels during the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657. Woodblock print taken from the Musashi Abumi published in 1661.