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 antique Australian huon pine dressing table, 19th century,…

An antique Australian huon pine dressing table, 19th century, 152 cm high, 105 cm wide, 55 cm deep

Huon pine dressing table, quality 19th century with jewellery…

19th Century Huon Pine Dressing Table with Mirror and Drawers

Huon pine dressing table, quality 19th century with jewellery drawers and mirror

Victorian cedar dressing table with 'Susman Kornblum & Co…

Victorian Cedar Dressing Table with Metal Badge

Victorian cedar dressing table with 'Susman Kornblum & Co furniture Warehousenen Ballarat' metal badge to back, 121 cm wide, 59 cm deep, 180 cm high

Colonial cedar dressing table, the moulded rectangular top…

Colonial Cedar Dressing Table

Colonial cedar dressing table, the moulded rectangular top above an arrangement of four drawers around a central kneehole flanked with foliate scrolls, on turned tapering legs. First half 19th century, height 74 cm, width 106 cm, depth 55 cm. Provenance:…

A fine Colonial huon pine dressing table, Melbourne, Victorian…

Colonial Huon Pine Dressing Table - Victorian Era

A fine Colonial huon pine dressing table, Melbourne, Victorian origin, circa 1885, 182 cm high, 122 cm wide, 60 cm deep

An antique cheval dressing table, finely crafted in mahogany…

Mahogany Cheval Dressing Table with Secret Drawer

An antique cheval dressing table, finely crafted in mahogany and cedar, 19th century, with secret drawer!. 180 cm high, 155 cm wide, 60 cm deep

19th century huon pine 6 drawer dressing table top with bevel…

Huon Pine Dressing Table with Bevel Mirror

19th century huon pine 6 drawer dressing table top with bevel mirror

A Victorian dressing table with cylinder rolled top and carved…

Victorian Huon Pine Dressing Table with Carved Base

A Victorian dressing table with cylinder rolled top and carved base, Tasmanian huon pine, circa 1875, 165 cm high, 131 cm wide, 60 cm deep

A late Victorian dressing table in huon pine, Duchess type,…

Late Victorian Huon Pine Dressing Table with Folding Mirrors

A late Victorian dressing table in huon pine, Duchess type, shelf back, with folding side mirrors, and spandrel carvings, height 177 cm, length 107 cm, depth 52 cm

A Victorian huon pine dressing table, 19th century, with a…

Victorian Huon Pine Dressing Table

A Victorian huon pine dressing table, 19th century, with a central mirror with carved crest and side supports, a central drawer, flanked by twin pedestals with three drawers each, a shaped table with drawer, above knopped supports with stud details and a…

John Mason (attributed), dressing table, Maryborough,…

Geometric Inlaid Dressing Table

John Mason (attributed), dressing table, Maryborough, Queensland, 19th century, inlaid geometric design in cedar, kauri pine, blackwood and Baltic pine secondary timbers, original glass knobs, 163 cm high, 93 cm wide, 56 cm deep

A Victorian cedar mirror backed dressing table, second half…

Victorian Cedar Dressing Table with Mirror

A Victorian cedar mirror backed dressing table, second half 19th century, an oval framed mirror flanked by serpentine and pierced vegetal supports above side pedestals each with three drawers centred with an ogee profile hinged compartment, the extended…

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

A Victorian huon pine dressing table with mahogany stain, circa…

Victorian Huon Pine Dressing Table with Mahogany Stain

A Victorian huon pine dressing table with mahogany stain, circa 1880, 120 cm high, 140 cm wide, 50 cm deep

Mid 19th century huon pine demi lune dressing table with…

Huon Pine Demi Lune Dressing Table with Mirror and Drawers

Mid 19th century huon pine demi lune dressing table with pivoting mirror and jewellery drawers

Victorian cedar dressing table with 8 drawers, 120 cm wide

Victorian Cedar Dressing Table - 8 Drawers - 120cm Wide

Victorian cedar dressing table with 8 drawers, 120 cm wide

A Victorian walnut veneer dressing table, circa1860s, a fine…

Victorian Walnut Dressing Table

A Victorian walnut veneer dressing table, circa1860s, a fine bowfront shaped table having an oval mirror with foliate and pierced scroll supports above a shaped hinged compartment flanked by two pillars each with two small drawers, the table with a single…

Late Victorian huon pine dressing table

Victorian Huon Pine Dressing Table

Late Victorian huon pine dressing table