User:Arch-Int Desnr/sandbox

a tall chest of drawers with a legged base (Merriam Webster) "The prototype of the highboy was the chest on stand or chest of drawers on a stand with turned legs (i.e., shaped on a lathe usually between 12 and 24 inches). The lower section is usually wider than the upper and has three drawers of the same size. The upper section generally consists of another set of three drawers and, on top of them, two or three smaller drawers. The name highboy is derived from a corruption of the French bois (“wood”) and became common in English in the late 1600s." (Encyclopedia Britannica)Arch-Int Desnr (talk) 05:46, 21 January 2013 (UTC)