Rectangular corpus standing on four slender cabriole legs with two small side drawers and one central frieze drawer. The legs with fine gilt bronze Louis XV style sabots and brass castors. Above the central frieze drawer, a small green leather covered pull-out writing slide. The top of curvy outline is divided into three sections: the central part can be folded up to form an adjustable mirror, the side sections open with pushbuttons to compartments or removable boxes for toilet atrticels or similar items. The left compartment still contains the original fitted lined box and the following toiletry items: two glass flasks with enamel decoration, three porcelain round boxes and covers as well as a glass cup.
All sides of the dressing table are decorated with a fine mirrored marquetry with dark contouring. The three parts of the top plate each show a green colored banding with Greek key corners.
Dressing tables were essential pieces of furniture for fashionable 18th century ladies who spent much time at their toilette preparing for an endless series of entertainments and social appearances. A series of drawers, which could be secured by lock and key, rendered such furniture appropriate for storing personal effects and, especially, private correspondence.
Condition: very good, min. wear consistent with age and use, min. fading, mirror glass with parts of corrosion, French polish refreshed – detailed condition report on request
