What was a lowboy used for?

These tables served multiple domestic purposes including personal grooming, writing letters, and storing small valuables in bedrooms or halls. Their modest size allowed them to move easily between rooms as household needs shifted. Over generations, owners adapted their surfaces to hold lamps, decorative objects, or everyday correspondence without altering the core structure.

How do I date an oak lowboy?

Dating relies on observing leg shapes, drawer construction methods, and overall proportions relative to known stylistic periods like Queen Anne or George III. Hand-cut dovetails and pegged frame joints generally point toward eighteenth-century production. Subsequent revivals from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries often reproduce these early forms with slightly different timber patination and internal machine milling.

Are these tables suitable for modern hallways?

Their shallow depth and modest width make them exceptionally practical for narrow entryways, landings, and living spaces. The single or multiple drawers provide convenient concealed storage for keys and small items. Placing one against a wall creates a functional focal point that accommodates modern lamps or mirrors while retaining historic character.

What wood was used besides oak?

While oak dominates the surviving inventory, cabinetmakers frequently incorporated elm, yew, ash, walnut, and mahogany into regional tables. These alternative timbers appear both as primary show woods and as secondary linings inside drawer boxes. Regional preferences in Wales and provincial England often dictated which local hardwoods were combined within a single piece.

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A georgian oak lowboy table offers compact utility and honest eighteenth-century craftsmanship for modern hallway or dressing use.

1900 - 1920

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Georgian Style Oak Side Table

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£690

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Early and Unusual Welsh Oak Side Table, Circa 1730

18th century

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Early and Unusual Welsh Oak Side Table, Circa 1730

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18th century

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Small English Lamp Table

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Side Table / Lowboy

From Brookside Antiques

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18th century

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An Early 18th Century Side Table in Oak

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£450

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18th century

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Welsh Oak Lowboy Side Table, Circa 1760

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£3,100

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18th century

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18th Century Oak Lowboy

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£2,800

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Side Table

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£790

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18th century

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George I Oak Lowboy

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£1,100

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Welsh Oak Side Occasional Table. Circa 1730

18th century

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Welsh Oak Side Occasional Table. Circa 1730

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Listings span the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, featuring brass hardware, oak, walnut, and mahogany timbers across various side table and dresser base formats.

Early 18th Century Queen Anne Oak Side Table

17th century

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Early 18th Century Queen Anne Oak Side Table

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17th century

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Oak Side Table C.1690-1720 and Later.

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£995

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Lowboy Side Table

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£790

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18th century

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Antique Oak Side Table

From Harrison Antique Furniture

£490

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18th century

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18th Century Oak Lowboy

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£675

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19th century

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Georgian Oak Side Table

From Affordable Old Furniture

£450

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Georgian Oak Lowboy Table

Georgian Style Oak Side Table

Early and Unusual Welsh Oak Side Table, Circa 1730

Small English Lamp Table

Georgian Oak Side Table / Lowboy

An Early 18th Century Side Table in Oak

Welsh Oak Lowboy Side Table, Circa 1760

18th Century Oak Lowboy

Georgian Oak Side Table

George I Oak Lowboy

Welsh Oak Side Occasional Table. Circa 1730

Early 18th Century Queen Anne Oak Side Table

Oak Side Table C.1690-1720 and Later.

Georgian Oak Lowboy Side Table

Antique Oak Side Table

18th Century Oak Lowboy

Georgian Oak Side Table

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