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Cabinetmakers in England and America crafted small dressing mirrors in large numbers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These pieces …
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Cabinetmakers in England and America crafted small dressing mirrors in large numbers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These pieces were designed to sit atop chests of drawers or dressing tables to provide a convenient glass for daily grooming and shaving. They were constructed from fine cabinet timbers like mahogany, often featuring delicate string inlay, hand-turned drawer knobs, and small ogee bracket or turned feet.
Wealthy homeowners and merchants used these mirrors in bedchambers and dressing rooms for personal care, arranging wigs, powders, and shaving implements stored safely in the small base drawers below. As built-in bedroom wardrobes and larger dressing bureaus with attached mirrors became common in the early twentieth century, these independent table-top swing mirrors fell out of everyday fashion and were relegated to decorative accents.
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- Dimensions
- 22.5ʺW × 8ʺD × 25.5ʺH
- Styles
- Federal
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Mahogany
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Excellent less
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