[Magdalen] Terminology query (was Re: speaking of downsizing...)

[Lynn Ronkainen]

which one Jay - the desk bookshelves drawers combo or the what looked like a 
chest but had the drawer desk?

Lynn

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 5:22 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Terminology query (was Re: speaking of 
downsizing...)

> My grandfather called that arrangement a "secretary", Lynn/
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Marion Thompson 
> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> My mother had one of those back in the day.  I wonder what became of it
>> ....  Thank heaven it's not here!
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 3/31/2015 5:51 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, my grandmother would have called it a chest of drawers.
>>>
>>> But in her bedroom there was a chiffonier, which Wikipedia
>>> claims is a tall chest of drawers with a mirror. But Grammy's
>>> was a table (with drawers on the sides, over the legs and a
>>> tall mirror) on which she kept her hairbrush and mirror and
>>> combs. Hair-dressing combs, that held up her hair. Her hat
>>> pins were in the top drawer on the right. In the 1950s it might
>>> have been called a make-up table.
>>> -M
>>>
>>>
>>