Bedside table
Photographic still life of a bedside table
A bedside table or bedside table is a chest of drawers or a small table , which is usually a bed is situated at the head end. It is mainly used to store things that you want to have available during the night without having to get up specially. This can be for example:
- a reading light (also called bedside lamp);
- an alarm clock ;
- Medication ;
- Bed reading ;
- a drink ;
- Paper handkerchiefs ;
- a telephone (mostly in hotels, but also in private households).
Until the 1940s , when in many households the toilet was either outside the house or at least in the stairwell and was therefore difficult to reach at night, the bedside table was also used to store a chamber pot . As a result, bedside tables were more like small cabinets at the time ; that is, they had enough space behind a lockable door for a chamber pot.
Nowadays, on the other hand, bedside tables are mostly dressers and have several drawers .
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