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What is a highboy dresser used for?
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A highboy dresser is used to store clothing and other items. A highboy looks like two chests of drawers stacked on top of one another. Traditionally, the bottom one is wider. Browse a range of vintage highboy dressers on 1stDibs.
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Chippendale Period Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century flame mahogany tallboy, the quarter cut veneers are matched across the whole front creating a herringbone pattern.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George III Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George III mahogany tallboy, having a flared cornice, above an arrangement of 7 graduated drawers, each with ornate brass handles and escutcheons.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Solid pine tallboy, 1930s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Cabinet made of pine with its original fittings. The cabinet was made in the 1930s in Hungary/Austria. At the top 3 drawers and at the bottom behind the door 2 shelves. A practical p...
Category
Vintage 1930s Hungarian Rustic Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Early 19th Century mahogany tallboy
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fine early 19th Century mahogany bowfront chest on chest / tallboy, the moulded edge cornice above seven graduated cedar lined drawers with the original brass turned handles and es...
Category
Antique Early 1800s British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$3,679 Sale Price
20% Off
Chippendale Period Mahogany Secretaire Tallboy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine example of an 18th century flame mahogany chest on chest with canted corners and ogee bracket feet.
The drawer fronts are all butt veneered in flame mahogany, and with the ori...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Dra...
Materials
Mahogany
Tallboy Walnut Burl Chest, England 1760
Located in Culver City, CA
Tallboy Walnut Burl Chest
England, 1760
Tall chest of drawers with molded cornice, multiple graduated drawers with brass pulls, and bracket feet.
41”w x 22.25”d x 65.25”h
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Category
Antique 18th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
