Lowboy
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A lowboy is an American collectors term for one type of dressing table, or vanity.[1] It is a small table with one or two rows of drawers, so called in contradistinction to the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers.[2][3]
History and description
Both lowboy and tallboy 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 drawer-fronts 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.[3]
Another term for a dressing table equipped with mirrors is vanity and is used to applying makeup or fashion accessories.[4]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Lowboy is a "collectors term for a dressing table made in 18th century America often with a matching highboy (Campbell 2006, pp. 61, 479)".
- ↑ Loomis IV 2011, p. 59.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chisholm 1911, p. 17.
- ↑ Campbell 2006, pp. 331.
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