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Clothes valet, also called men's valet, valet stand and suit stand, is an item of
Dongguang 東莞太子酒店 Crown Prince Hotel room 2010.jpg, Clothes valet in a hotel.
Detail of gentlemen's valet in walnut.jpg, A suit with accessories on a valet stand.
Gentlemans-valet-1.jpg, Empty valet stand.
Whose Sleeves (Tagasode).jpg, , a Japanese rack for clothing. Art from the Momoyama period (1573–1615).
Clothes valet, also called men's valet, valet stand and suit stand, is an item of furniture
Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating ( tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks) ...
on which clothes
Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel, and attire) are items worn on the human body, body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials ...
, particularly men's suits, may be hung. Typical features of valets include trouser hangers, jacket hangers, shoe bars, and a tray organizer for miscellaneous, day-to-day objects like wallets and keys. Some also feature jewelry boxes.
An electric clothes valet is used to warm clothes before dressing; it includes a timer
A timer is a specialized type of clock used for measuring specific time intervals.
Timers can be categorized into two main types.
The word "timer" is usually reserved for devices that counts down from a specified time interval, while devices th ...
to prevent overheating.
In the United States, the term is frequently used to refer to a non-freestanding cabinet or tray for holding small personal items such as watches, cuff links, keys, or a cell phone. In this sense, it is a men's jewelry box
A casket is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents an ...
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A valet rod is a pipe shaped clothes valet which protrudes from a cabinet or similar, and is used as a compact clothes valet.
See also
*Clothes hanger
A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, is a hanging device in the shape/contour of:
* Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents wrinkles, with a lowe ...
* Clotheshorse
The term 'clothes horse' is used to refer to a portable frame upon which wet laundry is hung to dry by evaporation. The frame is usually made of wood, metal or plastic. It is a cheap low-tech piece of laundry equipment, as opposed to a clothes d ...
* Coat rack
References
Furniture Domestic implements {{Clothing-stub