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Furniture > Case furniture > Highboys

Preferred term

Highboys  

Definition

  • Tall case pieces composed of a stand, fitted with drawers, that support a slightly narrower chest of four or more drawers; essentially a Chest on stand (q.v.), produced in styles of the 18th c. [Boyce, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cases, high
  • Chests of drawers, high
  • Chests of frames, highboys
  • Chests on stands, highboys
  • Commodes, highboys
  • High chests of drawers
  • Tallboys

Notation

  • 115183

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-XH4PNVB8-4

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