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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Edwardian pedestal dressing table 137 cm wide, 61 cm deep, 171…

Edwardian pedestal dressing table 137 cm wide, 61 cm deep, 171 cm high divides into 4 parts for removal

Victorian walnut dressing table, with a central mirror on…

Victorian Walnut Dressing Table with Mirror and Drawers

Victorian walnut dressing table, with a central mirror on supports, flanked by three short drawers, above a shaped front, with central drawer with turned handles, on four turned legs, on a pedestal base, 170 cm x 121 cm x 52 cm

Blackwood dressing table early 20th century, W Codley and Co,…

Blackwood Dressing Table with Bevelled Mirror and Carvings

Blackwood dressing table early 20th century, W Codley and Co, Prahran, central bevelled mirror, twin pedestal, nine drawers with foliate carved, decorations, height 191 cm, length 143 cm, depth 59 cm

Antique pedestal dressing table 120 cm wide, 55 cm deep and 153…

Antique Pedestal Dressing Table - 120x55x153cm

Antique pedestal dressing table 120 cm wide, 55 cm deep and 153 cm tall.

A late Victorian walnut twin pedestal dressing table, circa…

Victorian Walnut Dressing Table with Pier Mirror

A late Victorian walnut twin pedestal dressing table, circa 1890-1900, purchased: Memories Antiques Hampton 1983 for $750, having a pivoting pier mirror with carved 'Broken' crest flanked by shaped galleries each with a curved drawer, tear drop mirror and…

Fine quality French inlaid satin wood twin pedestal dressing…

French Satinwood Dressing Table with Oval Mirror

Fine quality French inlaid satin wood twin pedestal dressing table with oval pivoting mirror, 169 cm high, 111 cm wide, 35 cm deep

A Victorian walnut double pedestal dressing table, multiple…

Victorian Walnut Double Pedestal Dressing Table

A Victorian walnut double pedestal dressing table, multiple drawers to each pedestal, central drawer with carved upright for mirror, raised on plinth base. 153 x 60 x 157 cm.

A Victorian mahogany double pedestal dressing table, the top…

Victorian Mahogany Double Pedestal Dressing Table

A Victorian mahogany double pedestal dressing table, the top with three jewellery drawers to each side of one long central drawer, the plain mirror with restrained decoration to the top, the base with four small drawers to each pedestal and one central.…

Victorian walnut cheval dressing table with twin pedestal…

Walnut Cheval Dressing Table with Twin Drawers

Victorian walnut cheval dressing table with twin pedestal drawers

A good Victorian burr walnut twin pedestal dressing table, the…

Victorian Burr Walnut Dressing Table with Mirror

A good Victorian burr walnut twin pedestal dressing table, the mirror with arched top and scrolling frieze pediment supported on two ornate scrolling supports, the two pedestals with five graduating drawers each with two bun handles, a lower single drawer…

A fine Edwardian rosewood twin pedestal dressing table, the…

Edwardian Rosewood Twin Pedestal Dressing Table

A fine Edwardian rosewood twin pedestal dressing table, the central swivel bevelled glass mirror flanked by drawers and mirrored gallery panels above pedestal drawers, all in rosewood with fine satin wood inlay 137 cm width, 60 cm depth, 175 cm high

A Victorian, mahogany, twin pedestal dressing table with swivel…

Victorian Mahogany Dressing Table with Swivel Mirror

A Victorian, mahogany, twin pedestal dressing table with swivel mirror