A wardrobe, also called armoire or almirah, is a standing closet used for storing clothes. The earliest wardrobe was a chest, and it was not until some degree of luxury was attained in regal palaces and the castles of powerful nobles that separate accommodation was provided for the apparel of the great. The name of wardrobe was then given to a room in which the wall-space was filled with closets and lockers, the drawer being a comparatively modern invention. From these cupboards and lockers the modern wardrobe, with its hanging spaces, sliding shelves and drawers, evolved slowly.
Frankfurt cabinet in the city hall of Frankfurt
Intricately carved French Oakley style tallboy with under-cabinet instead of a chest of drawers
A Chinese Ming Dynasty compound wardrobe made of rosewood, latter half of the 16th century
A modern fitted wardrobe
A closet is an enclosed space, with a door, used for storage, particularly that of clothes. Fitted closets are built into the walls of the house so that they take up no apparent space in the room. Closets are often built under stairs, thereby using awkward space that would otherwise go unused.
An open built-in closet
A typical modern wall-mounted space-saving[clarification needed] closet
Linen closet