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A Fine Mahogany Tallboy
John Beazor Antiques
for sale €3,803     $4,128
£3,250

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A Fine Mahogany Tallboy

18th century
Description

A fine mahogany tallboy with a dentil cornice and a blind fretwork frieze. The top with reeded canted corners. Retaining its original brass handles and escutcheons standing on ogee feet. Usefully small size. Circa 1745

Physical Dimensions
Height
171cm (67.32")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Depth
56cm (22.05")
Declaration

John Beazor Antiques has dated this Antique Mahogany Tallboy Chest to the Georgian era.

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SA1213202
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9492
Description
A fine mahogany tallboy with a dentil cornice and a blind fretwork frieze. The top with reeded canted corners. Retaining its original brass handles and escutcheons standing on ogee feet. Usefully small size. Circa 1745
Height
171cm (67.32")
Width
103cm (40.55")
Depth
56cm (22.05")
Date of Manufacture

John Beazor Antiques has dated this Antique Mahogany Tallboy Chest to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA1213202
Dealers Internal Ref
9492
John Beazor Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2017

Specialists in 18th and early 19th century furniture, barometers and clocks - chosen for their quality, colour and patination

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An eighteenth-century mahogany tallboy chest-on-chest featuring a carved frieze, brass swan-neck handles, and bracket feet.
A fine mahogany tallboy
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An eighteenth-century mahogany tallboy chest-on-chest featuring a carved frieze, brass swan-neck handles, and bracket feet.
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A tallboy, or chest-on-chest, is a vertical case furniture design comprising two distinct drawer units mounted one atop the other. Popularised during the eighteenth century, it allowed maximum storage capacity while reducing the floor space footprint.

Georgian tallboys were predominantly constructed from dense mahogany or walnut, featuring secondary woods such as pine or oak for drawer linings. Hardware typically consisted of cast brass swan-neck handles and pierced escutcheons.

Authentic period pieces exhibit hand-dovetailed drawer joints, hand-planed back panels, and natural wood shrinkage marks. Additional identifiers include original brass cast fittings and period-correct construction techniques such as dustboards between drawers.

An antique tallboy functions as a focal storage piece in a master bedroom, dressing room, or hallway. Pairing dark mahogany timber with contemporary neutral paint schemes creates visual contrast while highlighting period woodwork.

Maintain mahogany timber by dusting regularly with a soft cloth and applying beeswax polish once or twice per year. Keep the piece away from direct heat sources and direct sunlight to prevent timber shrinkage and veneer bleaching.
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