chiffonnière

American  

[shif-uh-neer, shee-faw-nyer] / ˌʃɪf əˈnɪər, ʃi fɔˈnyɛr /

noun

French Furniture.

plural

chiffonnières

1. a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.

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Etymology

Origin of chiffonnière

1800–10; < French, feminine of chiffonnier. See chiffonier

Example Sentences

Duchesse de Persigny was a chiffonnière with a hotte on her back and a gray dress very much looped up, showing far above her wooden shoes.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

The ex-spy Clémence muttered soft speeches into the ear of a retired chiffonnière, who smiled awkwardly in reply.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John

In the first room, a great glass chiffonnière stood opposite the windows, ornamented by pillars supported by gilded angels.

From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór

And here are all our books, and our chiffonnière; Caroline has one side and I the other.

From The Two Guardians or, Home in This World by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

There was a grand pianoforte too, and a glass chiffonnière, in which all her little birthday and holiday gifts were arranged.

From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór