Knockdown furniture

Knockdown furniture comprising a plurality of planar side panels each having inner and outer sides, at least some of which when the furniture is assembled being angularly related to each other to define a closed vertical frame having corners arranged between pairs of adjacently arranged angularly related said planar side panels, said closed vertical frame defining a predetermined shape, a separate vertical post located at each end of each said planar side panel, each side post having a top and bottom end, complementary interengaging releasable fastening means at said each end of each said planar side panel and on each said vertical post for connecting each said vertical post to said inner side at said each end of each said planar side panel, a pilaster located at each said corner, each said pilaster having two angularly related sides corresponding to an angle defined by each said pair of adjacently arranged planar side panels, additional complementary interengaging releasable fastening means on said two sides of each said pilaster and on each said vertical post for releasably connecting together two of said vertical posts and hence each said pair of adjacently arranged side panels, each said vertical post having an upstanding end part extending freely a predetermined distance above each said panel and each said pilaster, and a unitary cover member having a peripheral shape complementary to said predetermined shape of said closed frame defined by said panels, said vertical posts and said pilasters, said cover including an integral continuous flange extending entirely about its periphery to be received over the freely extending upstanding end parts of said vertical posts for resting on top ends of said vertical posts, said flange including a downturned part concealing, at least in part, the upstanding end parts of said vertical posts.