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Lowboy

{{short description|Type of 18th-century American dressing table}}

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A lowboy is an American collectors term for one type of dressing table.Lowboy is a "collectors term for a dressing table made in 18th century America often with a matching highboy {{harv|Campbell|2006|pp=61, 479}}". It is a small table with one or two rows of drawers, so called in contradistinction to (and designed to match{{sfn|Gloag|1952|loc=Lowboy}}) the tallboy or highboy chest of drawers.{{sfn|Loomis IV|2011|p=59}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|page=17}}

History and description

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Lowboys and tallboys were favorite 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 center drawer.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|page=17}}

Another term for a dressing table equipped with mirrors is vanity and is used to apply makeup and other fashion accessories.{{sfn|Campbell|2006|pp=331}}

See also

Citations

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General and cited references

  • {{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Gordon |year=2006 |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts: (Two-volume Set) |volume=1|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195189483 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA61 61], [https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA331 331], [https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=PA479 479]}}
  • {{cite book |last=Loomis IV |first=Frank Farmer |edition=2 |title=Antiques 101: A Crash Course in Everything Antique |publisher=Krause Publications |year=2011 |isbn=9781440227387 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=vb9zFFCFWtQC&pg=PA59 59]}}
  • {{cite book | first1 = John | last1 = Gloag | date = 1952 | title = A Short Dictionary Of Furniture | publisher = Read Books Ltd | pages = | isbn = 978-1-4474-9772-1 | oclc = 1099027952 | url = }}

; Attribution

  • {{EB1911|wstitle=Lowboy |volume=17 |page=72}}

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120820033846/http://dhub-bcn.cat/coleccions/tocadors/index.html Dressing Tables] collection at the Disseny Hub Barcelona

Category:Cabinets (furniture)

Category:Furniture