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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOWBOY , a small table with one or two rows of drawers, so called in contradistinction to the See also:

tallboy, or See also:double See also:chest of drawers. Both were favourite pieces of the 18th See also:century, both in See also:England and See also:America; the lowboy was most frequently used as a dressing-table, but sometimes as a See also:side-table. It is usually made of See also:oak, See also:walnut or See also:mahogany, with See also:brass handles and escutcheons. The more elegant examples of the See also:Chippendale See also:period have cabriole legs, claw-and-See also:ball feet and carved knees, and are sometimes sculptured with the favourite See also:shell See also:motive beneath the centre drawer.

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