Well, the King's Wardrobe could be two entirely different things, couldn't it? Or couldn't it have been?

I think C.S. Lewis's wardrobe would have been a room off the bedroom, although I haven't read the book. Really should. But I've heard people talk about it so I'm drawing conclusions based on conversations.

And closets used to be fairly large rooms. I know this from reading. Some character would retire to her closet. Now this confused me as a kid--I couldn't imagine seriously writing letters in my little closet (far from a walk-in), and I wondered at these great ladies, in the books read, who would retire to their closets to write a letter. I figured closets back then must have been very different from the little closets I knew--or else, these were very peculiar ladies to crunch themselves up, they in their long dresses and wigs, and write a letter. Very secretive, strange ladies these must have been, I thought.