Dressing table
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Ebonised walnut, mirrored glass
Measurements
77 cm (H); 79 cm (W); 49 cm (D)
Place of origin
France
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1518440
Summary
A walnut and ebonised poudreuse, or dressing table, French, circa 1860. The rectangular top has an ebonised moulded edge and is fitted with a central, easled toilet mirror and two hinged flaps enclosing wells. It has a paneled front with two genuine and two mock drawers. The whole sits on fluted, turned, tapered legs joined by a shaped 'H' fluted, ebonised stretcher.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with the family collection of Lacock Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown in December 2009.