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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Art Deco walnut dressing table

Walnut Art Deco Dressing Table

Art Deco walnut dressing table

French Art Deco era inlaid walnut dressing table with marble…

Inlaid Walnut Dressing Table with Marble Shelf

French Art Deco era inlaid walnut dressing table with marble shelf, 114 cm wide, 39 cm deep, 173 cm high

An Art Deco walnut dressing table, circa 1930, with a long…

1930s Art Deco Walnut Dressing Table with Marble Top

An Art Deco walnut dressing table, circa 1930, with a long central bevel edged mirror above a small open compartment flanked, by quarter veneer panelled cupboards of slightly curved profile with boldly, mottled aubergine, grey and white marble tops,…

An Art Deco mahogany mirror backed dressing table, circa 1930s,…

Art Deco Mahogany Dressing Table with Geometric Lines

An Art Deco mahogany mirror backed dressing table, circa 1930s, with strong geometric lines having a rectangular mirror with canted edges, a single drawer and long side cupboards with illusionary quarter veneer panels, and Bakelite handles, reeded…

C. A. Richter Designed Art Deco dressing table and chair,…

Art Deco Dressing Table and Chair by C.A. Richter

C. A. Richter Designed Art Deco dressing table and chair, amboyna, walnut, mogador, mother of pearl and ivory, circa 1927, manufatured by Bath Artcraft Limited and retailed by Waring & Gillows. Illustrated in 'The Studio Year Book Of Decorative Arts,…

Art deco walnut dressing table 151 cm wide, 197 cm high

Art Deco Walnut Dressing Table - 151x197cm

Art deco walnut dressing table 151 cm wide, 197 cm high

An Art Deco mahogany and mother-of-pearl inlaid dressing table,…

Art Deco Inlaid Dressing Table with Mirror and Flowers

An Art Deco mahogany and mother-of-pearl inlaid dressing table, circa 1920s-30s, with a bevelled mirror surmounted by a frieze of inlaid criss-crossed timbers and mother-of-pearl flowers, flanked by sloping pulvinated side panels with similar decoration,…

An Art Deco rosewood dressing table, French, circa 1920,…

Art Deco Rosewood Dressing Table, French, 1920

An Art Deco rosewood dressing table, French, circa 1920, purchased Copeland & de Soos, Sydney. The property of the late Sir Tristan and Lady Antico

Art deco walnut dressing table with decorative inlay and glass…

Art Deco Walnut Dressing Table with Inlay and Glass Top

Art deco walnut dressing table with decorative inlay and glass top, mirror separate, 111 cm wide, 79 cm high

A good Art Deco birds eye maple dressing table and mirror

Art Deco Birds Eye Maple Dressing Table with Mirror

A good Art Deco birds eye maple dressing table and mirror

An Art Deco mirror backed dressing table with matching…

Art Deco Burr Walnut Dressing Table & Footstool

An Art Deco mirror backed dressing table with matching footstool French, c.1930 burr walnut, mirror, glass, brass 143 cm high, 113 cm wide, 54 cm deep (dresser) 48hx 55 cm wide, 38 cm deep (stool)