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

[Jay Weigel]

The one with the drawer desk.


On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>