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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Mirrored dressing table, marble and beechwood with two drawers.…

Art Nouveau Marble Dressing Table with Mirror

Mirrored dressing table, marble and beechwood with two drawers. Hand painted with Art Nouveau motif. France, c 1910, 166 cm high, 91 cm wide, 51 cm deep.

19th century French Gothic rosewood dressing table, in 'Le…

French Gothic Rosewood Dressing Table with Bone Inlay Tracery

19th century French Gothic rosewood dressing table, in 'Le style Troubadour,' swivel mirror of ogee arch outline, on a superstructure with three concealed frieze drawers, the base with connemara marble top above a concealed frieze drawer, with column…

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

A dressing table, huon pine with marble top, Melbourne, circa…

Huon Pine Dressing Table with Marble Top

A dressing table, huon pine with marble top, Melbourne, circa 1875, 172 cm high, 129 cm wide, 54 cm deep

An Art Nouveau mahogany dressing table, circa 1900, with an…

Art Nouveau Mahogany Dressing Table with Floral Inlay Decoration

An Art Nouveau mahogany dressing table, circa 1900, with an arched mirror back, and supporting side panels with small shelves and twin extended drawers, a vigorously veined yellow and red marble surface above a long drawer and raised on tapering square…

A.M.E. Fournier French commode and dressing mirror, amboyna and…

French Commode and Dressing Mirror with Ormolu Mounts

A.M.E. Fournier French commode and dressing mirror, amboyna and kingwood with marble top and ormolu mounts and handles, stamped 'Fournier', early 20th century, insert panels to mirror replaced with later coloured paper collage panel, original hand painted…

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,…

Antique French Louis XV style ladies dressing table, with…

Louis XV Ladies Dressing Table with Folding Mirrors

Antique French Louis XV style ladies dressing table, with marble top, fitted with folding mirrors, 161 cm high, 117 cm wide, 48 cm deep

Antique marble topped French Louis XV style dressing chest, 197…

French Louis XV Marble Top Dressing Chest

Antique marble topped French Louis XV style dressing chest, 197 cm high, 116 cm wide, 52 cm deep

A Colonial dressing table, Tasmanian origin, birdseye huon pine…

Tasmanian Colonial Dressing Table with Cockatoo Carvings

A Colonial dressing table, Tasmanian origin, birdseye huon pine and marble top, circa 1870 finely carved with cockatoo decoration to knees 169 cm high, 121 cm wide, 58 cm deep

A Victorian marble top dressing table

Victorian Marble Dressing Table

A Victorian marble top dressing table

A Victorian houn pine dressing table with marble top, circa…

Victorian Marble-Top Dressing Table

A Victorian houn pine dressing table with marble top, circa 1870, 190 cm high, 125 cm wide, 49 cm deep

Marble top dressing table in mahogany with mirror

Mahogany Dressing Table with Marble Top and Mirror

Marble top dressing table in mahogany with mirror

Antique French Louis Philippe mahogany and marble topped…

Louis Philippe Mahogany Dressing Table with Marble Top

Antique French Louis Philippe mahogany and marble topped dressing table, swivel oval mirror, approx 138 cm high, 76 cm wide, 42 cm deep

A marble top huon pine dressing table, W.H. Rocke & Co,…

Antique Marble Top Dressing Table by W.H. Rocke & Co

A marble top huon pine dressing table, W.H. Rocke & Co, Melbourne, circa 1875, 168 cm high, 128 cm wide, 60 cm deep. Literature: Australian Furniture: Pictorial History and Dictionary, 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, Casuarina Press Ptd Ltd,…

A marble top huon pine dressing table, Tasmanian, circa 1875,…

Tasmanian Huon Pine Marble Dressing Table, 1875

A marble top huon pine dressing table, Tasmanian, circa 1875, 77 cm high, 122 cm wide, 54 cm deep

Antique dressing table mirror plus mirror base with marble top…

Antique Marble-Top Dressing Table with Mirror Set

Antique dressing table mirror plus mirror base with marble top (2)

Antique French mahogany dressing table, with marble top, approx…

French Mahogany Dressing Table with Marble Top

Antique French mahogany dressing table, with marble top, approx 132 cm high, 64 cm wide

Antique French Charles x marble topped dressing table with swan…

French Charles X Dressing Table with Swan Neck Mirror

Antique French Charles x marble topped dressing table with swan neck support mirror

Victorian mahogany dressing table mirror, an oval shaped swing…

Victorian Mahogany Dressing Table Mirror on Marble Base

Victorian mahogany dressing table mirror, an oval shaped swing mirror on marble top base, 70 cm wide, 80 cm high

A French Louis XV style walnut dressing table, the winged…

Louis XV Walnut Dressing Table with Winged Mirrors

A French Louis XV style walnut dressing table, the winged mirrors above a marble top, on high cabriole legs. 140 cm high, 84 cm wide, 51 cm deep.

Antique French marble topped dressing chest

French Marble Dressing Chest

Antique French marble topped dressing chest

Antique French Louis XVI marble topped dressing table, approx…

French Louis XVI Dressing Table with Marble Top

Antique French Louis XVI marble topped dressing table, approx 90 cm wide, 103 cm high

A Continental walnut dressing table, circa 1920, with an oval…

Continental Walnut Dressing Table with Oval Mirror

A Continental walnut dressing table, circa 1920, with an oval swing mirror above small handkerchief drawers, with a black marble top, below two drawers on square tapering legs. 156 cm high, 108 cm wide, 50 cm deep

Antique French mahogany fitted dressing chest, with fitted…

French Mahogany Dressing Chest with Marble Inlay and Bidet

Antique French mahogany fitted dressing chest, with fitted marble inlaid interior, with pull out bidet, 82 cm long, 50 cm deep. Standing on turned tapering legs

Victorian mahogany marble top dressing table

Mahogany Marble Top Dressing Table

Victorian mahogany marble top dressing table