Regent Antiques

Tallboy

A Tallboy is furniture piece comprising a stack of drawers sometimes with a wardrobe on top. A Lowboy is a set of drawers of table-height designed to be a clothes chest.

The tallboy traditionally has five, six or seven long drawers and two short ones. It became popular in the late 17th century and was usually made of mahogany which was the wood of choice for large items of furniture. Earliest examples were often made of walnut or satinwood with inlays. Decoration was carved cornice-mouldings or gadrooning with brass handles on the drawers.