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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Regency mahogany linen press, with low gallery back, two frieze…

Regency Mahogany Linen Press with Arched Panel Doors

Regency mahogany linen press, with low gallery back, two frieze drawers, cupboard with two pullout slides and four drawers enclosed by two arched panel doors on box base, 148 cm wide, 60 cm deep, 122 cm high

A Charles X provincial cherrywood armoire, circa 1820, the…

Charles X Cherrywood Armoire, 1820

A Charles X provincial cherrywood armoire, circa 1820, the moulded cornice with rounded corners, above a pair of panelled doors enclosing shelves, with a lower concealed space to the base, raised on moulded front feet, 231 cm high, 155 cm wide, 63 cm deep

Regency mahogany linen press 19th century the arched corniche…

Regency Linen Press with Ebony Inlay and Turned Feet

Regency mahogany linen press 19th century the arched corniche above a pair of panelled doors with ebony string inlay, over three long drawers, raised on turned feet, height 250 cm, width 135 cm, depth 55 cm. Provenance: Martyn Cook for Paul Kenny, Sydney,…

Regency mahogany linen press, with moulded cornice, four pull…

Regency Mahogany Linen Press with Drawers and Doors

Regency mahogany linen press, with moulded cornice, four pull out slides enclosed by two panelled doors, the base with two short and two long cockbeaded drawers on bracket feet

Regency mahogany press on chest the top 2 door compartment…

Regency Mahogany Press with Hanging Space

Regency mahogany press on chest the top 2 door compartment converted to hanging space, divides into 2 parts for removal, 128 cm, wide, 59 cm, deep, 201 cm, high

Regency period mahogany linen press with classical Grecian…

Regency Mahogany Linen Press with Grecian Pediment

Regency period mahogany linen press with classical Grecian pediment early 19th century, with key, 225 cm high, 128 cm long, 57 cm deep

A Continental two door walnut press, circa 1820, comprising of…

Continental Walnut Press with Glazed Doors, 1820

A Continental two door walnut press, circa 1820, comprising of a single drawer to upper body above two glazed doors, supported on small square tapered legs on spade toes, 153 cm x 119 cm x 52 cm

Georgian mahogany gentleman's wardrobe, original brass handles,…

Georgian Mahogany Wardrobe with Original Brass Handles

Georgian mahogany gentleman's wardrobe, original brass handles, circa 1820, approx 203 cm high, 142 cm wide, 62 cm deep

Regency mahogany linen press, with moulded dentilled cornice,…

Mahogany Linen Press with Drawers and Panel Doors

Regency mahogany linen press, with moulded dentilled cornice, four pull out slides enclosed by two flame veneered panel doors, the base with two short and two long cockbeaded drawers on bracket feet

A collection of books including 'The Legitimacy of Amicia,…

Collection of 24 books including Swift and Wycherley

A collection of books including 'The Legitimacy of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester' by Thomas Mainwaring [Sam Lowndes, London, 1679]; 'A Tale of a Tub' by Swift [Charles Bathurst, London, 1747]; 'The Club; in a dialogue between Father…

An oak armoire of small proportion with applied brass…

French Oak Armoire with Brass Accents, Dated 1817

An oak armoire of small proportion with applied brass escutcheons and hinges, French dated 1817. 200 cm high, 127 cm wide and 52 cm deep