A table or cabinet fitted with mirrors, small drawers and compartments, used especially by ladies at their toilette. There have been many variations over the past two centuries. The great 18th century designers delighted in contriving elegant tables, ingeniously fitted with all kinds of sliding and hidden mirrors, drawers and cosmetic boxes. Some versions had small bookshelves and drawers in the superstructure, while others were plainer, square tables, with fold over lids which, when opened, revealed the mirrors and compartments.

Victorian dressing tables followed the prevailing fashions of the various revival styles, although the form became established as a table supported by scroll, turned or cabriole legs, with an oval or square mirror and a series of small drawers known as a Duchess dressing table. Another version consisted of two pedestals, fitted with drawers on either side of a cheval mirror.

Edwardian dressing tables were usually plainer, with typical turned more...

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An Australian mahogany mirrored dresser, c.1900, with carved…

Antique Australian Mahogany Mirrored Dresser with Carvings and Bevelled Glass

An Australian mahogany mirrored dresser, c.1900, with carved panels & bevelled glass to doors & bevelled central mirror, 240 x 153 x 63 cm

A Victorian dressing table, late 19th century, mahogany & cedar,…

Victorian Mahogany Dressing Table with Oval Mirror

A Victorian dressing table, late 19th century, mahogany & cedar, central oval mirror back, six drawer Duchess top over, three drawer base

Early cedar dressing table. Carved supports to mirrored back…

Antique Cedar Dressing Table with Carved Supports and Mirror

Early cedar dressing table. Carved supports to mirrored back and base. One drawer. Weight 138 cm height 170 cm diameter 59 cm

Edwardian kauri pine mirrored back dressing table

Edwardian Kauri Pine Mirrored Dressing Table

Edwardian kauri pine mirrored back dressing table