Dressing table
Lipmans
Category
Furniture
Date
1912
Materials
Mahogany, glass top, mirror glass, brass handles and castors
Measurements
157.5 x 114.5 x 59 cm
Place of origin
Bethnal Green
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825248
Summary
A mahogany kneehole dressing table, English, commissioned from Lipman's in 1912. The rectangular top with glass cover and ledge-back below a bevelled rectangular mirror hung between posts with brass urn finials, the five small drawers around the kneehole with brass handles, standing on square tapering legs with castors. Part of a three-piece bedroom suite comprising wardrobe (NT 825234) dressing table (NT 825248) and washstand (NT 825242).
Provenance
This item, as part of the bedroom suite, was commissioned by the maternal grandfather of the donors, Sim Grawl, as a wedding present for his younger daughter Frances (Fanny). Sim Grawl was an interior decorator, descendant of a Viennese family called Grohl, and employed by Maple's (John Maple and Co. of Tottenham Court Road, London). The suite was delivered in time for the marriage of Sydney Morant and Frances Grawl (parents of the donors) in March 1912. After the death of Frances the suite was offered to the Geffrye Museum to ensure its survival intact but, for lack of space, the offer was declined.
Makers and roles
Lipmans , furniture maker