evolved from medieval "dressoirs" used for serving food into an essential 18th-century utility piece. The word "dresser" comes from the board or table where meat was "dressed" or food was prepared. Early versions featured a simple lower base with an upper plate rack added later for storing and displaying everyday tableware.A tall wooden handmade kitchen dresser painted cream and brown. It has two framed shelves built on top of the bench, two brown painted drawers with round wooden knobs and two opening doors below. These have brown trim with cream decorative shaped panels. Brown plastic knobs serve as door handles with two pieces of turning wood attached to the dividing frame by screws to ensure the doors close properly. There is one horizontal shelf inside. kitchen dressers, kitchen furniture, kitchen cupboards

Wooden dolls furniture, painted light blue. Furniture consists fo 2x chairs, table and a kitchen dressertoys, children, presents, dolls furniture

The postcard shows the kitchen at 'Emu Bottom' which is almost the same as when the homestead was built in the 1930s when George Evans squatted on the land and built the homestead.Images like the one on the postcard provide visual information relating to past domestic living and life.A non-digital coloured photograph in post card format with a crinkled edge, of a lady in a kitchen cooking over a firestone. A large dresser is to her right and had a display of china plates and bowls on the open shelves.kitchens, emu bottom, george evans, sunbury

Coloured photograph of the dresser in Schwerkolt Cottage kitchen showing the dishes on display.schwerkolt cottage, kitchens

At the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Malvern Opportunity Shop, two volunteers sort through boxes of donations in the crowded shop.COL photo of two women inside a shop. They are sorting through bags and boxes of donations in a crowded room. Behind them is a large dresser, with drawers at the bottom and a hutch with shelves at the top. There are soft toys across the top shelf, and various other items on the shelves below. On the perpendicular wall, there are more shelves with various items, including cane baskets, a large straw hat, bric-a-brac, crockery, glassware, plastic kitchen storage containers, and some boxed items on the top shelf. The floor is crowded with boxes, baskets, and other miscellaneous items - including a portalbe television set. In the foreground, there are piles of clothing or fabric.[Handwritten in blue ink] Jenni and Missy "in a mess"arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, opportunity shop, op shop, charity shop, thrift store, teddy bear, soft toys, glassware, bric-a-brac, prints, pictures, plastic kitchen storage containers, television, clothing, bedding, volunteers, members, moonee ponds, 2000