BH | Studio Masham Wave-Front 3-Drawer Chest

The chest of drawers came into English houses in the later seventeenth century, and within a hundred years cabinetmakers were shaping its front into serpentine curves, so that a plain box of drawers caught the light like carved work.

This one stacks three wide drawers in a low cabinet, each front shaped into soft vertical waves that run the full width. A slim reveal between the drawers and a recessed plinth beneath let the chest appear to float; in Cream they are a pale honey-toned wood framing the main body, and in Hazel they match it. The drawers run smoothly and take sweaters, T-shirts, bed linen or children's clothes, the piece is rated to hold 66 lbs, and the top has room for a lamp, a mirror or a row of framed photographs. The frame is a sturdy engineered wood core under a wood-grain laminate, with glides under the plinth to protect the floor. Assembly is required.

At about 36 inches wide it suits a smaller bedroom, a nursery or a hall where a full dresser would crowd the space, and it works as a linen chest in a guest room or a sideboard in a dining nook. It looks soft and gallery-like: add a round mirror above, a pair of white ceramic vases, a woven basket beside it and walls in warm putty. This listing is for one chest.