Art Deco wardrobe

A wardrobe is a cupboard with space for hanging clothes. As an item of furniture as opposed to a separate closet, the wardrobe did not generally appear until the early 19th century. Until then, clothes had been stored in clothes presses.

Wardrobes may have between one and four doors, and sometimes have fitted drawers in the centre section and hanging space on either wing. The doors are often panelled, with a decorative figured timber panel surrounded by a moulded frame. The clothes hangers hung on rails or hooks, usually facing the front. Antique wardrobes are often too shallow to fit standard size wire hangers comfortably side on.

A Beaconsfield wardrobe is the term used to describe an Edwardian period wardrobe that has an open storage area in the centre top section, usually backed by a mirror, with externally visible drawers below.

Wardrobes have been made in most of the usual more...

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An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top…

An Australian solid fiddleback blackwood wardrobe with arch-top bevelled mirror door, base drawer and Art Nouveau copper strap hinges, circa 1915. Note: two piece unit. 201 cm high, 119 cm wide, 53.5 cm deep

An Art Deco two door gentleman's wardrobe, karelian birch with…

Mid-Century Art Deco Wardrobe turned Entertainment Cabinet

An Art Deco two door gentleman's wardrobe, karelian birch with ivorine handles, mid 20th century, has been converted to a bedroom entertainment cabinet (back removed), 138 cm high, 118 cm wide, 55 cm deep

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa…

Art Nouveau Blackwood Wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, 1908

A carved Australian blackwood wardrobe by Robert Prenzel, circa 1908, of two tall cupboards enclosing hanging compartments flanking a recessed central arrangement of a smaller cupboard, drawers, and open compartments, all on a plinth base, each of the…

An Art Nouveau pine wardrobe, circa 1900, with a carved and…

Art Nouveau Pine Wardrobe with Inlaid Crest and Mirror

An Art Nouveau pine wardrobe, circa 1900, with a carved and floral inlaid crest with side finials above a pediment with, conforming inlay, a mirrored door flanked by long fluted columns above a single inlaid drawer and raised on short turned feet, height…

Northern European hand painted folk art 2 door robe, circa 1799.…

1799 Hand Painted Folk Art Robe from Northern Europe

Northern European hand painted folk art 2 door robe, circa 1799. 174 cm high, 150 cm wide, 65 cm deep

A smart Art Deco four door walnut butterfly veneer wardrobe

Art Deco Walnut Butterfly Veneer Wardrobe

A smart Art Deco four door walnut butterfly veneer wardrobe

An elm and Karelian birch Art Nouveau wardrobe, circa 1890,…

Art Nouveau Wardrobe with Inlaid Panels and Mirror

An elm and Karelian birch Art Nouveau wardrobe, circa 1890, having a gently arched extended top above a walnut and satinwood inlaid floral frieze upon Karelian birch, a full length bevelled mirror to the door flanked by simple and elegant inlaid panels, a…

Antique mahogany wardrobe central mirrored door flanked by…

Art Nouveau Mahogany Wardrobe with Mirrored Door

Antique mahogany wardrobe central mirrored door flanked by timber panel doors with Art Nouveau carving, 2 door clothes hanging section to the left with lower drawer and upper shelf, 7 drawers behind right side door, divides into 4 parts for removal, 210c