chest of drawers

• “Sir George told me of a chest of drawers that were given Sir W.B. by Hughes the rope-maker, whom he has since put out of his employment, and now the fellow do cry out upon Sir W. for his cabinet.”

  The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1662

• “Old Jaquette admitted having seen it, only a few months before, in the chest of drawers in the bedroom.”

  Maigret in Society

• “For furnishing, the room had a narrow iron bedstead, a chest of drawers with a washbasin atop it, a straight chair and writing table, some books in stacks.”

  Cold Mountain

• “The shabby chest of drawers was spread with a lace cover, and set out with a few gold-topped boxes and bottles, a rose coloured pin cushion, a glass tray strewn with tortoise-shell hair-pins—he shrank from the poignant intimacy of these trifles, and from the blank surface of the toilet-mirror above them.”

  Simon & Schuster: The House of Mirth

• “A chest of drawers stood before him—large, heavy, and dark, like all the furniture in this house, a legacy of the generations of Maguires who had been born and died here.”

  Simon & Schuster: FALSE MERMAID

• “His hat sailed on to the chest of drawers and he made a long arm for the tooth-glass.”

  More Work for the Undertaker

• “In this process the chamber and its furniture grew more and more dignified and luxurious; the shawl hanging at the window took upon itself the richness of tapestry; the brass handles of the chest of drawers were as golden knockers; and the carved bed-posts seemed to have some kinship with the magnificent pillars of Solomon's temple.”

  Tess of the d'Urbervilles

• “I went to the chest of drawers and took out an extra pair of wool stockings, and from a secret niche behind the wainscotting I retrieved a leather pouch, in which I had secreted all the odd notes and coins of unspent gifts and allowances over the last couple of years — a considerable number, I was pleased to see.”

  A Monstrous Regiment of Women

• ““Do you want me to help you take them off?” she offered, as she placed the ashtray on the bed next to him and half-turned from the bed in the direction of the chest of drawers and the clothes closet.”

  Simon & Schuster: Western Man

• “She went to her chest of drawers for clean underdress and found none, laundry having been neglected for some time.”

  Cold Mountain

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