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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 417636, member: 5066"]As long as we are on the subject of highboys, most 18th century American highboys were made with a matching lowboy or dressing table and most of these first "suites" of american furniture got separated long ago. There are still some around though, this one was built in Philadelphia in 1726 by John Head, solid walnut, william & mary.</p><p>Notice the proportion of the lowboy to the HB base, quite a difference in height & width.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]145701[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 417636, member: 5066"]As long as we are on the subject of highboys, most 18th century American highboys were made with a matching lowboy or dressing table and most of these first "suites" of american furniture got separated long ago. There are still some around though, this one was built in Philadelphia in 1726 by John Head, solid walnut, william & mary. Notice the proportion of the lowboy to the HB base, quite a difference in height & width. [ATTACH=full]145701[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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