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How tall is a highboy dresser?
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A highboy dresser is usually around six feet tall, with some versions standing even taller at seven feet or so. Highboys, which began to appear with frequency during the early 17th century in England, are essentially very tall dressers with lots of drawers, whereas a lowboy is a different type of storage furniture in that it's a dressing table with one or two rows of drawers. A wardrobe can usually be found positioned on top of a tallboy, which is yet another type of dresser.
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1stDibs ExpertApril 1, 2024
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Mid Century Modern Six Drawer Dresser with Brass Hardware
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century modern lowboy dresser features hardwood construction, walnut veneer with original finish, six dovetailed drawers with brass hardware, inlaid diamond shapes made of b...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
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Wabi Sabi Folk Art Dresser, France, Early 19th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charming 19th-century French wabi sabi dresser with beautiful imperfections and rich patina. The lower section features two panelled doors providing ...
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Pair Available- Breathtaking Restored Art Deco Commode by Widdicomb, circa 1938
Located in Atlanta, GA
These magnificent commodes are shipped as professionally photographed and described in the listing narrative: Meticulously professionally restored and completely installation ready.
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Brass
Kent Coffey Designed 'Perspecta' Dresser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brasilia style dresser by Kent Coffey for his Perspecta collection. Sculptural front walnut dresser consisting of three deep center drawers flanke...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dressers
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Wide Pacific Dresser in Cerused White Oak by VOLK
By VOLK 3
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Solid white oak with turned brass legs and drawer pulls.
Cerused finish.
Dimensions: 46” W x 18” D x 36” H.
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2010s American Modern Dressers
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Brass
MidCentury Macassar and Goatskin Italian Chests of Drawers, 1980
Located in Rome, IT
Perfect bedroom dresser all refinement and style both for the size of the entire design and for the utmost care taken for its entire finish.
A simple square design welcomes a Macass...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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