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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 George III period mahogany tallboy with blind fret decoration to the frieze below the cornice and
Category
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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale 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
Category
Antique Early 1800s British Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
$3,635 Sale Price
20% Off
Large English Oak Tallboy Chest Drawers
Located in Staffordshire, GB
circa 1870
Large English Oak Tallboy Chest Drawers
sku 1881
Base W117 x D57 x H80 cm
Top W118 x D57
Category
Antique 19th Century Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century George II Miniature Tallboy
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George II flame mahogany miniature tallboy, the moulded top over five graduated
Category
Antique 18th Century Irish George II Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany