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What is a highboy dresser used for?

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What is a highboy dresser used for?
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.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Chippendale Period Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A George III period mahogany tallboy with blind fret decoration to the frieze below the cornice and
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Antique 1770s English Chippendale Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Chippendale Period Mahogany Tallboy
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine 18th century flame mahogany tallboy, the quarter cut veneers are matched across the whole
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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
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Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

George III mahogany Irish tallboy
Located in Salisbury, GB
George III Irish mahogany tallboy This George III Irish mahogany tallboy was made circa 1790. Irish
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Antique 1790s Irish George III Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Mahogany

Kai Kristiansen Tallboy Chest, Oak
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, GB
Kai Kristiansen Model 385 Chest of Drawers, circa 1960. Oak tallboy chest, produced by Aksel
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Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Dr...

Materials

Oak

RELEVO Tallboy in custom colors
Located in Frazão, Porto
With a modern style, RELEVO is a tallboy made with a slatted structure while the interior is
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Dressers

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

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