lowboy

lowboy
/loh"boy'/, n. U.S. Furniture.
a low chest of drawers on short legs, resembling the lower part of a highboy.
[1705-15; LOW1 + BOY]

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      antiquarian term for a small dressing table with four or six legs and two or three drawers, resembling in some ways the lower portion of a highboy (q.v.). Lowboy and highboy were often made to match. In the versions made until about 1750, the legs are joined by stretchers, but after that date they usually assume a cabriole shape.

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