lowboy

lowboy is a dressing table or furniture.

Also recorded as low chest; half chest; low case; lowdaddy.

Overview

Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

type of 18th-century American dressing table with drawers, set on high legs, often made en suite with a highboy

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Lowboy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q98805174: lowboy

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