Archive for the ‘Tallboys’ Category

WALNUT KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE, ANTIQUE SMALL CHEST OF DRAWERS, ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT SIDEBOARD, ANTIQUE BREAKFRONT CABINET

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

WALNUT KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE, ANTIQUE SMALL CHEST OF DRAWERS, ANTIQUE BOW-FRONT SIDEBOARD, ANTIQUE BREAKFRONT CABINET
GEORGE I WALNUT KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE, antique hanging lamps the rectangular molded cross-banded and feather-inlaid top above a single long drawer over a kneehole with a small drawer concealed
behind a valence, antique cups and saucers a single cupboard [...]

Antique Tallboys

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Antique Tallboy
The antique tallboy, or chest-on-chest, replaced the sheraton occassional tables Queen Anne cheston-stand from c.1710. The cabriole-legged stand-withdrawers was replaced by a solid chest containing three single drawers, running the forney texas antiques full width of the federal cabriole leg parts piece. Tallboys were first made in walnut veneer, [...]