Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Regency Chest Drawers Tall Boy Bow Front
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant Mahogany Regency Style Bow Chest of Drawers.
Circa 1920
This Chest of Drawers Stands upon
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1920s Regency Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
Antique Queen Anne style burr walnut tall boy chest of drawers commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Fine quality Queen Anne style burr walnut chest on stand tall boy circa 1920 ..
The chest has a
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1920s English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Walnut
H 53.55 in W 36.23 in D 20.08 in
Georgian Chest on Chest Tall Boy Mahogany 1800
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous Georgian chest on chest
Mahogany serpentine tall boy or chest on chest
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Early 1800s Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
Georgian Tall Boy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality George IV mahogany chest on chest, having a dental cornice, two small and six long
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Early 1800s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
18th century early Georgian walnut Chest on chest tall boy circa 1720
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Early 18th century very fine and grand example of a walnut chest on chest/tallboy. The cavetto
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1720s English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Walnut
H 67.33 in W 40.56 in D 20.87 in
Georgian Mahogany Tall Boy, circa 1800
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Chippendale period mahogany chest on chest, having a dental cornice, canted
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Late 18th Century English Chippendale Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
Antique Circa Late 1700s Georgian High Boy Chest of Six Drawers
Located in Peabody, MA
A late 1700s Georgian tall chest of six graduated drawers in oak with pierced batwing brasses and
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Early 1700s British Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Rare 19th Century French Marble Topped Brass Gallery Semainier Chest of Drawers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
marble top and brass gallery rail Semainier lingerie chest of drawers
This French 19th century Louis XVI
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1880s French Louis XVI Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Marble
H 55.71 in W 26.78 in D 15.36 in
Empire Chiffonier Ebonized, Danish, Approx. 1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
Late Empire black ebonized mahogany chest of drawers / tall boy, with raised semi-oval top.
Seven
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19th Century Danish Empire Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
1940's Art Deco English Oak Tallboy
Located in Leicester, GB
An Art Deco 1940s English Tallboy. This is a lovely oak tall boy with attractive decorative details
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Oak
Miniature Queen Anne Two Piece Tall Boy Dresser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This two piece Queen Anne style chest of drawers features original brass hardware, carved legs
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18th Century Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique Miniature Four Drawer Tall Boy Dresser with Turned Knobs & Brass Locks
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This minature table top sized chest of drawers is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from
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Late 19th Century American Colonial Revival Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 13.88 in W 11.75 in D 7.5 in
Slender Edwardian Chests of Drawers; a pair
Located in Malibu, CA
Marquetry Chest of Drawers Antique (c.1820) Dutch Marquetry Chest Drawers Tall Boy Inlay. An incredible
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1850s European Edwardian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Satinwood, Hardwood
Betty Joel Attri Arts & Crafts Oak Tallboy and Matching Petite Chest of Drawers
By Betty Joel
Located in London, GB
crafted handles and angled feet.
Tall boy measures H 62 1/2", W 36 1/4", D 19 1/2".
Chest measures H 33 3
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Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Oak
H 33.6 in W 24 in D 15 in
Biedermeier Semainier or Tallboy Chest on Chest of Flame Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Danish semainier or tall boy (chest-on-chest) from the 19th century, featuring a Biedermeier
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19th Century Danish Biedermeier Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Metal, Brass
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Mahogany Tall Boy, Irish, circa 1780
Located in Lincoln, GB
An extremely good colored Irish mahogany tall boy, circa 1780.
Measures: Height 177 centimeters
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1780s Irish Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Walnut Chest on Chest Cabinet English Furniture 1840 Tall Boy
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Fabulous antique English chest on chest in walnut.
Great look to this with the partially gilded
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1840s Victorian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Dutch High Boy Chest of Drawers with Marquetry Inlaid Shell Designs, circa 1820
Located in Antwerp, BE
A phenomenal Dutch high boy or" tall commode" in mahogany with satinwood inlaid shell designs. The
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Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Mahogany
H 59.06 in W 39.77 in D 20.48 in
18th century miniature chest on chest
Located in Edenbridge, Kent
An outstanding miniature 18th century mahogany chest on chest or tall boy. I would say that this
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Late 18th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Wood
Art Deco Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Elegant and stylish art deco style chest of drawers
Crafted from satin birch with distinctive
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1920s Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Antique Burr Walnut Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
This tall antique burr walnut bow fronted chest of drawers is exceptional quality and also in great
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1910s English Edwardian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Burr Walnut Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique tall slim chest of drawers in burr walnut, sitting on solid walnut cabriole
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
French Semanier Chest of Drawers Tall Boy 1860
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Quality French Mahogany Chest of Drawers or semanier
This Chest of Drawers Features 7 Graduated
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1860s Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Swedish Pine Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
This antique pine chest of drawers or "highboy" has 6 drawers, providing ideal storage in a narrow
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Late 19th Century Swedish Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Victorian Tall Boy Chest Drawers Serpentine 1900
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Mahogany Serpentine Chest of Drawers.
Circa 1900
This chest of drawers stands upon splay feet with
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Early 1900s Victorian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Queen Anne Style Tall Boy Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Good quality Queen Anne style bow front tall boy with brushing slide circa 1920.
The chest is in
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1920s English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
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Walnut
Empire Semainier Chest of Drawers Painted Tall Boy 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire semainier - or tall boy
Semainier refers to the fact that
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1880s Empire Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Empire Semainier Chest of Drawers Painted Tall Boy 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a gorgeous French Empire semainier - or tall boy
Semainier refers to the fact that
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1880s Empire Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Marble
French Chest Drawers Antique Tall Boy Inlay, 1880
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous antique French chest - or tall boy - with six drawers
Features a marble top and a
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1880s Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Other
Antique Chest on Chest of Drawers, English, Tall Boy, Mahogany, circa 1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique chest on chest of drawers, an English, late Georgian tall boy in mahogany and
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
H 69.3 in W 41.15 in D 20.87 in
Walnut Chest on Chest Tall Boy
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Good quality Georgian style walnut chest on chest with brushing slide circa 1910.
The chest has a
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Early 1900s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Irish Tall Boy Chippendale Chest on Stand
Located in Woodbury, CT
Rare and impressive Irish tall chest on stand with ornate Chippendale relief carving to frieze
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19th Century Irish Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
George I Tall Boy Chest of Drawers Highboy Oyster Walnut 1720
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a sumptuous Georgian period walnut highboy chest of drawers
Such a classic piece of
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1720s George I Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique serpentine walnut tall boy chest on chest
Located in Chelmsford, GB
serpentine chest that comes in two parts the top section having two short over three drawers ,the bottom
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Early 1900s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Swedish Painted Tall Chest of Drawers
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Six-drawer pine tall boy chest of drawers, circa 1870.
Shaped front drawers that open on the key
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Late 19th Century European Gustavian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique burr walnut tall boy chest on chest commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Good quality burr walnut tall boy chest on chest .
The chest has a wonderful shaped front with 8
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1920s English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Georgian Style Walnut Tall Boy Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, GB
chest of drawers with a wonderful colour and grain.
The chest has seven full width hand dovetailed
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Early 1900s English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Antique burr walnut bow front chest on chest tall boy
Located in Chelmsford, GB
This is a fine quality burr walnut bow front chest of drawers tall boy circa 1900.
The chest
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Early 1900s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Antique Tall Hardwood Military Campaign Chest of Drawers, circa 1860
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
halfway between a tall boy and a normal campaign chest, a very functional and utilitarian piece
We have
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1860s English Campaign Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Hardwood
H 48.04 in W 33.86 in D 24.41 in
Antique burr walnut serpentine tall boy commode
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Good quality burr walnut tall boy chest on chest which has a wonderful shaped front with 8
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Early 20th Century European Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Queen Anne Style Burr Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Chelmsford, GB
fine quality Edwardian burr walnut Queen Anne style six drawer tall boy.
The chest has six oak
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Early 1900s Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Antique Chest of Drawers, Georgian Squat Tallboy
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a well-proportioned Georgian, antique squat tall boy, chest of drawers dating to circa 1750
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Mid-18th Century British Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Chest of Drawers in Red Walnut
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Beautiful 18th century red walnut chest on chest or tall boy with pull-out leaf. Beautiful pure
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1720s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century American Empire Walnut Tallboy Dresser Chest of Drawers
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 19th century American Empire tall boy chest. Features a rectangular form with scrolled front
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Mid-19th Century American Empire Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
H 48.5 in W 43.5 in D 24 in
Biedermeier Tallboy or Chest on Chest of Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A Danish tall boy (or chest-on-chest) featuring a Biedermeier-style design of flame-cut mahogany
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19th Century Danish Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
French Semanier Chest of Flame Cut Mahogany
Located in Austin, TX
A handsome French semanier chest (tall boy or chest-on-chest) featuring a Biedermeier-style design
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19th Century French Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy
Located in Long Branch, NJ
19th Century American Mahogany Chippendale Bonnet Top High Chest Highboy
Dimensions : 86" Tall X
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19th Century American Chippendale Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Lowboy, commode
Located in Valladolid, ES
good condition for its use and time.
This is a chest of drawers as a kind of a little tall boy of
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1790s English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
18th Century Massachusetts Queen Anne Highboy
By William Chase
Located in Nashville, TN
boy. The back is inscribed with " Will Chase, Somerville Mass" The cabinet is built with white pine
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1740s American Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Maple, Pine
Antique Early 20th Century Painted Mahogany Tallboy Dresser Chest of Drawers
Located in Dayton, OH
Late Victorian style mahogany painted tall boy chest. Finished in black with gold painted accents
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Early 20th Century Late Victorian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Walnut Tall Boy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Georgian walnut chest on chest, with a sun burst inlaid to the bottom drawer.
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17th Century English George II Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Walnut Tall Boy
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
piece is a shelved cupboard over three drawers
The Tall Boy is made from matched Walnut veneers and it
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Oak Tallboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Batley, GB
A large early 19th century oak tall boy chest of drawers with brass swan neck handles, the original
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Oak
19th Century Mahogany Chest on Chest Tall Boy with Sleeve
Located in London, GB
An elegant mahogany early 19th century chest on chest with integrated sleeve. Carved moulded edging
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Mid-19th Century English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Heals & Son Limed Oak Chest of Drawers
By Heal's
Located in everton lymington, GB
Original Arts & Crafts piece by Heals of London limed oak finish
Tall boy chest of drawers
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1910s English Arts and Crafts Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Oak
George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mahogany Chippendale Chest on Chest,Tall Boy, England circa 1790. Nice piece with Greek Key
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18th Century and Earlier English Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Georgian Chest on Chest in Mahogany
Located in Chulmleigh, Devon
Good model of 18th century tall boy in finely figured mahogany with sold oak linings all original
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18th Century British Chippendale Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Mahogany Chest-on-Chest with Brushing slide, c. 1790
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine 'tall-boy' or chest-on-chest of a classic stepped form. The piece is capped by a cavetto
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18th Century and Earlier English Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Georgian Mahogany Tallboy
Located in London, GB
A fine George III period mahogany tall boy with fluted canted corners to the top with two short
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1770s British George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Regency Tallboy
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
Georgian painted pine graduated tall boy.
Exceptionally well preserved example, painted surface
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Georgian Tall Boy in Walnut, England, 1720s
Located in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Rare original Georgian tall boy/chest on cabriole leg stands in walnut, England, 1720s
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1720s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
English "Tall Boy" Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful mahogany chest of drawers in a taller version - called Tall Boy. Dental molding on
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19th Century English Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
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Antique English 19th Century George III Chest of Drawers, C.1800
Located in London, GB
An antique English George III Mahogany bow fronted chest of drawers.
Made in England, dating from C.1800.
Fine quality piece on classic Georgian splayed bracket feet, and oval bras...
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Late 18th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Small Bowfront Mahogany Chest Of Drawers Regency Period
Located in Brussels, Brussels
lovely bowfront mahogany chest of drawers from the regency period circa 1800
English chest of drawers since its face and drawers are curved
small chest of drawers with a small marqu...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th century English Mahogany Chippendale Chest on Chest
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Savannah, GA
English mahogany Chippendale chest on chest, featuring bracket feet, molded top above a line inlaid frieze and original rotunda motif brasses.
Note dovetail construction in last imag...
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1790s English Chippendale Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III English Chest on Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
George III period chest on chest, English, Circa 1765. A strikingly handsome piece - the upper case displays a flat, blind fretted quarter column in the Gothic taste of Chippendale. ...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
18th Century English Chippendale Mahogany Chest On Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
18th century English Chippendale mahogany chest on chest, upper section with “wall of Troy” dentil cornice above blind fretwork frieze, two over three drawer arrangement, the lower s...
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Late 18th Century English Chippendale Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Batley, GB
A large 19th century mahogany chest of drawers. In good clean condition throughout. Some expected wear but restored by the previous owner to a high standard.
Measures: 53cm deep
...
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Period Chest on Chest
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-18th century chest on chest, George III, English. Mahogany with oak secondary. The top section comprised of 3 short drawers over 3 long drawers over 3 long drawers for the bottom...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Queen Anne Solid Cherry Wood Highboy Dresser
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Queen Anne style ten-drawer highboy dresser chest.
USA, Mid-20th Century
Solid cherry wood, with original brass hardware.
Measures: 40"W x 20"D x 67.63"H.
Very good or...
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Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
With rectangular cornice with Greek key carving over two short and three long drawers flanked by carving, the base with three long drawers with identically carved sides raised on oge...
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1760s Great Britain (UK) George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Other
Antique George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
George III mahogany chest on chest with the upper section having a dentil cornice and two short over three long drawers with original brass handles. The base having a brushing slide ...
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Early 19th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Other
18th Century George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Beautiful Mahogany George III Chest on Chest. Carved Adam Frieze with exotic wood chamfered corners. Original backboards and dovetailed drawers. Quite lovely patina and color. Early ...
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Mid-18th Century English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Magnificent Antique George III Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Suffolk, GB
Magnificent George III mahogany chest on chest is a magnificent example of quality and craftsmanship from the Georgian period. It boasts a shaped moulded cornice above two short and ...
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1780s English George III Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Georgian Period Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Sheridan, CO
Exquisite antique English oak 18th century Georgian era chest on chest - chest of drawers. Late 18th - Early 19th c. A gorgeous example of an 18th century English "chest on chest" - ...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mahogany Chest on Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very fine Georgian chest on chest in figured bookmatched flame mahogany having two short over four long drawers in top section and three drawers in the lower section, with the top ...
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1760s English Georgian Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English George II Burr Walnut Chest on Chest
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality George II Burr walnut chest on chest, having a flared cornice above an arrange of five drawers in the top, each with herringbone inlay and banded edges, fl...
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Early 18th Century English George II Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Herringbone-Banded Walnut Chest on Stand Circa 1710
Located in Flower Mound, TX
An early eighteenth century herringbone-banded figured walnut chest on stand with concave molded drawer to the cornice above two small and three long graduated drawers, the base fit...
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Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
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Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of tall boy antique tall chest of drawers for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique tall boy antique tall chest of drawers was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and walnut. Tall boy antique tall chest of drawers have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of tall boy antique tall chest of drawers to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Georgian, Art Deco and Victorian tall boy antique tall chest of drawers are of considerable interest.
How Much are Tall Boy Antique Tall Chest Of Drawers?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $4,185, while they’re typically $797 on the low end and $26,569 highest priced.
Finding the Right Commodes-chests-of-drawers for You
Shopping for a commode or a chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote any case piece with a particularly intricate design. The commode dates to circa 1700 France, where it was used as an alternative to a taller cabinet piece so as to not obscure paneled, mirrored or tapestried walls. Coffers, or chests, which were large wooden boxes with hinged lids and sometimes stood on ball feet, preceded chests of drawers, a fashionable cabinet furnishing that garnered acclaim for its obvious storage potential and versatility. The term commode was also used to refer to a piece of bedroom furniture — a washstand or nightstand that contained a chamber pot.
As time passed, French and British furniture makers led the way in the production of chests of drawers, and features like the integration of bronze and ornamental pulls became commonplace. Antique French commodes in the Louis XV style were sometimes crafted in mahogany or walnut, while an Italian marble top added a sophisticated decorative flourish. This specific type of case piece grew in popularity in the years that followed.
So, what makes a chest of drawers different from a common dresser? Dressers are short, and chests of drawers are overall taller pieces of furniture that typically do not have room on the top for a mirror as most dressers do. Tallboys and highboys are variations of the dresser form. Some chests of drawers have one column of four to six long drawers or three long drawers in their bottom section that are topped by a cluster of small side-by-side drawers on the top. To further complicate things, we sometimes refer to particularly short chests of drawers as nightstands.
Even though chests of drawers are commonly thought of as bedroom furniture to store clothing, these are adaptable pieces. A chest of drawers can house important documents — think of your walnut Art Deco commode as an upgrade to your filing cabinet. Nestle your chest near your home’s front door to store coats and other outerwear, while the top can be a place to drop your handbag. Add some flair to your kitchen, where this lovable case piece can hold pots, pans and even cookbooks.
When shopping for the right chest of drawers for your home, there are a few key things to consider: What will you be storing in it? How big a chest will you need?
Speaking of size, don’t dream too big. If your space is on the smaller side, a more streamlined vintage mid-century modern chest of drawers, perhaps one designed by Paul McCobb or T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, may best suit your needs.
At 1stDibs, we make it easy to add style and storage to your home. Browse our collection of antique and vintage commodes and chests of drawers today.
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