Chifforobe

A Chiffarobe, in English also " chifforobe ", " chifferobe " or " chiffrobe " and other spellings, is a piece of furniture, a free-standing wardrobe, usually in two parts: with a continuous hanging part on one side and a portion of successively mounted drawers on the other. In German-speaking similar pieces of furniture are also referred to as a " wardrobe " or " armoire ", where these often lack the drawers.

Origin

The English word " chiffarobe " is a combination of " chiffonier " ( Cupboard with drawers and often also a fold-out desk; " Secretary ") and " wardrobe" ( Into wardrobe for hanging clothes of excess ).

Use

The term Chiffarobe is, for example, by Harper Lee in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird ( " To Kill a Mocking Bird" ) from 1960 used: In Chapter 18 Mayella Ewell says in court that she had the Negro Tom Robinson ( she accused then raped ) asked to come to the house and kleinzuhacken her an old Chiffarobe.