UK Type Wardrobes
Feb 24The British are famous as the progenitors of the wardrobe to the popular taste through their majestic royal courts where kings required chests for their elaborate robes, while at the same time serving as private banks for precious possessions like gold. It was an essential point in the 18th century to have wardrobes ready as ‘serve-alls’ for such purposes as a coronation, a wedding, a burial...
American Type Wardrobes
Feb 24American Type Wardrobes Contextually, the American type, especially in highly populated cosmopolitan areas like New York, belies the need to bridge constricted space in apartments, studio rooms and tenement houses which accounts for the walk-in wardrobe. The latter is backless, having only a façade projecting in minimalist design from the receptacle wall. The design is at once clutter free,...
History of Wardrobe
Feb 24History of Wardrobe Etymological origins of the name can be traced to the Middle English rendering of the ancient French term, garderobe with the semantic import of a private store. Its more precise language origin is armoire for Francophone speakers. The 17th and 18th centuries marked the baroque period’s versatile exploitation of the wardrobe which helped it transmute to the modern type. In...
Brief Information About Wardrobe
Feb 23A wardrobe is a reserved compartment, usually a tall cabinet or closet, meant for stowing away apparel. Throughout the chronological changes in the form of the enclosure, it more or less retained its preset function as a place to retain a king’s robe. The word has gained coinage over successive generations as an independent store for among others, preserving precious items for a ruler like...