difference between a dresser and a bureau
Best Answer: A dresser typically has a mirror. A chest of drawers is exactly that. A bureau is usually lower and longer than a chest of drawers. In my book, a bureau holds clothing but also has a little writing table built into it. A chest of drawers is generally box shaped and has pull out drawers. A dresser is long and low with small pullout drawers on either side, and a sit-down area in the middle with a mirror. Amused Contestant Â· 1 decade ago.
A chest of drawers, also called (especially in North American English) a bureau, is a piece of furniture that has multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above another. In American English a dresser is a piece of furniture, usually waist high, that has drawers and normally room for a mirror. In British English a dresser or a Welsh dresser has shelves in the upper section for storing or displaying tableware.