<p>
	The chest of drawers appeared during the 17th C. &nbsp;Until then clothes were stored in a &nbsp;chest. &nbsp;The chests later had a lower drawer and from this developped the principle of drawers placed on top of each others: the chest of drawers. &nbsp;One of the first cabinet-makers to develop the chest of drawers was Andr&eacute; Boulle, famous for his marquetry, who made a pair of chest of drawers for Louis XIV. &nbsp;He also invented the &quot;tombeau&quot; &nbsp;chest of drawers with its marble top. The Louis XV period &nbsp;Rococo style chest of drawers followed, with its serpentine fronts and shaped sides, richly decorated with gilt bronze. &nbsp;This was succeeded by the neo classic Louis XVI style chest of drawers. &nbsp;In the 19th C the chest of drawers followed the Directoire, Empire, Louis Philippe and Napoleon III styles. The late 19th C sees the arrival of the teak military chest.</p>