Side by sides (case furniture)

Case furniture on low legs, popular during the Victorian period. It is characterized by being divided in half vertically, with one half comprising shelves enclosed by a wooden or glass-fronted door, for the storage of books, dishes, or curiosities, and the other side often comprising a secretary, cabinet, or some combination of mirror, drawers, and fold-down desk top. Distinguished from a chifforobe, which is case furniture also divided vertically, but typically characterized by placement in a bedroom, having a narrow clothes closet on one side, and a narrow chest of drawers with a mirror on the other side.