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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 2416491, member: 29&quot;]These never ever travelled from house to house here. Not heard of it anywhere in Europe. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nor would a servant have taken a wardrobe with them. Trunks, yes, and often those ended up being used for storage, especially as they were lockable. Staff shared rooms. </p><p><br /></p><p>And we certainly never had property tax based on the number of cupboards. There was window tax, but that was abolished well before this saw the light of day.&nbsp; Our local council rates - not strictly a tax - were based on a nominal rental value for a dwelling, which was then multiplied by a charging factor to arrive at the amount to be paid. Modern council tax is based on a purported value of a dwelling,&nbsp; but they&#039;re massively out of date. No rebanding in decades. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a 1930s gentleman&#039;s wardrobe, British - the front to back rail is typical. The worth isn&#039;t much here, sadly. £30 to £50 on a good day, but in that condition, £20 at most. The one slightly unusual thing are those quarter circle shelves. Glass&nbsp; fronted or open front drawers are more common, often with fake ivory/ivorine printed labels as to purpose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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