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A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a dresser or a bureau, [1] is a type of cabinet (a piece of furniture) that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers generally stacked one above another. In American English a dresser is a piece of furniture, usually waist high, that has drawers and normally room for a mirror.
As of 1891, Widdicomb Furniture Company shipped products throughout the United States. Their focus products included bed frames, chiffoniers, and bedroom furniture of various kinds made of oak, ash, birch and maple. [1] They also manufactured mirrors, nightstands, wardrobes, and other bedroom furniture.
The Waterfall style became popular in America after creating a stir at the Paris Colonial Exposition in 1931. A company in Grand Rapids, Michigan was among the first to produce furniture in the style in the United States; their efforts were successful enough to inspire other furniture factories to produce Waterfall furniture, much of which was mass-produced and of poor quality.
In April 1905, it began manufacturing dressers and later added chiffoniers, buffets, sideboards, and library tables using oak and mahogany. The Engle Furniture Company became the Reaser Furniture Company of Clayton S. Reaser in May 1907, [6] producing more than forty styles in addition to hand-carved pieces.
While reaching an early success in 1886, a local businessman invested funds to expand White Furniture and purchase more advanced machinery. Within a brief time, the company employed 32 people and manufactured tables, chairs, and a bedroom set. The solid-oak bedroom set sold for nine dollars and included a bed, dresser, and washstand.
The company was founded in or before 1876 by brothers Benjamin H. Herts and Isaac H. Herts, sons of Henry B. Herts, an English-born antiques dealer and auctioneer. Their furniture showroom was located at 896 Broadway and later 20 West 57th Street, with a factory located on West 19th Street, and later a six-story brick building at 104 and 106 ...