A lowboy is a small
table with one or two rows of
drawers, so called in contradistinction to the
tallboy or highboy chest of drawers. Both were favourite pieces of the
18th century, both in
England and in the
United States; the lowboy was most frequently used as a dressing-table, but sometimes as a side-table. It is usually made of
oak,
walnut or
mahogany, with the drawerfronts mounted with brass pulls and escutcheons. The more elegant examples in the
Queen Anne, early
Georgian, and
Chippendale styles often have cabriole legs, carved knees, and slipper or claw-and-ball feet. The fronts of some examples also are sculpted with the scallop-shell motif beneath the centre drawer.
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