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We hope that you ried through, with the new enjoy this home created for an owners, many barrel and tray active family. r, one-bo- cozi-ne- ss at Mm " . ' ih.ii ! c D The changing face of the armoire (( qj that period were too small for these behemoths that were Consequently, a means that marketplace Universal Press Syndicate sometimes 6 feet wide and 8 or obtaining one of these furniture In the past 20 years, the status 9 feet tall. With the advent of essentials is relatively easy no built-i- n closets and basements, matter where you live. You're of the armoire has evolved from armoires were relegated to the sure to find them at the d exotic to essential, from white elephant to a staple status of antique anomalies antiques mall and at local furlimited to a few historic manniture shops and department among household furnishings. and sions museums. stores. You'll also encounter This is simply because it's a to comemake a in them began They catalogs piece of furniture that actually works. In fact, the armoire has back, though, in the '70s. and, if you're online, through flower chil- the Internet. been functioning diligently in Strapped-for-casdren But why should you want one and, later, Europe since the Middle Ages. to these rescue for that matter, more than (or, began yuppies Back then it was a kind of lockheirlooms from back the instant Because an armoire is one one)? er in which the crusader could hang his suit of rooms of antiques shops and to of the most versatile pieces of armor and store his mace, turn them into cabinets for furniture around. Depending on stereo components and, if you its size, shape and interior conspear, sword and other weapons remember that far back, figuration, it can be an entercan of righteous warfare. record albums. tainment center in the family Later, presumably when of The the room, a china cabinet in the dind popularity combat faded from favor, the armoire armoire has grown steadily ing room, a formal hideaway for assumed more domestic duties, since then. Savvy antiques a television in the living room, serving as a cabinet for clothes dealers have been importing an extra closet in the bedroom, a in centuries. European armoires in all linen closet in the bathroom, Virtually every bedroom in shapes, styles and sizes for even a larder in the kitchen. cabiThese every European castle, palace more than 20 years to satisfy and villa had one of these high, the American demand. They're nets offer capacious storage in a form that looks anywide and mighty handsome still coming in from France, high-ris- e and Ireland but utilitarian and thing pieces. Through the centuries, England, Germany, boatload. Scandinavia the by armoires found their way into requires only minimal floor American furniture manu- space. Crown moldings, dentil more modest households and facturers were slow to catch on, moldings, carved onlays and even humble cottages. but seem to have caught up, inlays and raised panel doors limited popuThey enjoyed larity among the affluent on producing reproduction antique can go a long way toward adding as well as contem- elaborate architectural detail to this side of the Atlantic, at least armoires in mass otherwise featureless rooms. versions up through the Victorian age. porary If you settle on an antique But middle-clas- s homes after quantities. By MICHAEL WALSH ' " CZ nrai HmOOH I TI J- - Mcnunoi ii mommi MOM ij !! 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Some antiques dealers will offer interior customizing for a fee. If you buy new, some manufacturers offer a variety of interior options. Ethan Allen's reproduction Louis XV armoire comes in four versions as a home office, linen closet, clothes closet or home theater for $3,300 to $4,000. Prices for new armoires can go up or down from there, depending on size, style, the type of wood used and, of course, quality. Prices for antiques or secondhand armoires vary widely too, starting at $500 to $700 for humble pine in modest sizes and ascending rapidly. Shop estate sales and auctions if you can get to them before the antiques dealers do. Stately, tall and trimmed with detail, an armoire is a virfurnituoso piece of one can that a even ture, give modern room an thoroughly heirloom flavor. 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