Mirror Vanities

Excellent French Louis XV Marquetry Dressing Table, so-called "Perruquiere", Manner of Pierre Roussel (1723-1782) The top of shaped outline, the front is recurved with a small kneehole, fitted with a leather covered pull out writing slide and four drawers. The sides are slightly bowed. The top divided in three sections, the outer two hingeing outwards to reveal box sections, once used for storing toilet articles or wigs (french: perruque, therefore this type of funiture is called "perruquière"), the central one lifts up on a hinge to reveal an adjustable mirror. The dressing table is supported on square-sectioned cabriole legs, the feet with gilt-bronze sabots. Being decorated on all sides, it is possible to place the dressing table or perruquière in the center of a room. Dressing tables were essential pieces of furniture for fashionable 18th century ladies who spent much time at their toilette preparing for an endless series of entertainments and social appearances. A series of drawers, which could be secured by lock and key, rendered such furniture appropriate for storing personal effects and, especially, private correspondence. The well proportioned curvy shape as well as the excellent marquetry decoration of the Louis XV dressing table...

Small elegant dressing table / furniture made of mahogany. Table top can open under which décor with small compartments and a mirror. Front with 2 drawers. Fluted legs with cutouts. ...

18th Century French Transition Louis XVI Marquetry Vanity or Coiffeuse Rectangular corpus standing on four slender cabriol...

From Italy a late 18h century Louis XVI lift top lady's vanity desk, an antique walnut veneer and inlaid center rectangular dressing table, an antique Italian coiffeuse with superlative marquetry, shaped aprons on each side, resting on tapered legs, small drawers on the front and an original central sliding flip-up top which can be easily opened by pushing and revealing a beveled mirror inside, flanked by two lateral doors hiding deep compartments. The veneer of this antique Italian center table...

A rare Provincial Louis XV period fruitwood coiffeuse poudreuse Table de toilette (lady's dressing table) with beautiful patina. Handcrafted in France during the third quarter of the...

This 1960s modern-style German Vanity is made of maple wood that has been stained in a maple & black color combination with a newly lacquered finish. The dressing table has a large foldable mirror, features three pull-out drawers with brass pulls, and 2 open doors with brass handles. The door also has a plaque with the company Mobel Bayer, Kaisers launtern logo on it, and model number Rosenstr. 8-14. The whole vanity rest on a pair of black tapered legs and is very sturdy. This Vintage Mid Century Dressing...

18th Century French Louis XVI Geometrical Marquetry Dressing Table, "Coiffeuse" or 'Perruquiere' A Louis XVI marquetry dressing table, "coiffeuse" or 'perruquiere', the rectangular ...

Louis XV marquetry mechanical table or ‘table liseuse’, in the manner of Le´onard Boudin (1735-1804), veneered in tulipwood and other exotic woods, in part stained, on a carcase of o...

A Louis XV marquetry dressing table or 'perruquiere' attributed to Pierre Roussel (1723-1782). The table is veneered in tulipwood and other woods, forming floral marquetry panels with a the top central panel incorporating a trophy of finely inlaid musical instruments. The marquetry shows signs of staining and inking, the whole on a carcase of oak and pine. The top of shaped outline, the front is recurved with a small kneehole, fitted with a leather covered pull out writing slide and four drawers. The sides are slightly bowed. The body of the table, serpentine on the lower edge on all sides, is veneered with diagonally-set tulipwood forming the background of the marquetry panels. The top divided in three sections, the outer two hingeing outwards to reveal box sections, the central one lifts up on a hinge to reveal an adjustable mirror. The left hand compartment lifts out to reveal a still fitted lined box with toilet articles: including two glass bottles/ flasks with silver screw tops and an appropriate metal funnel, scissor, spoon, a silver needle case...

Presenting an extremely rare 18th century French Provincial cherrywood poudreuse with impeccable provenance. From circa 1790 and made of cherrywood, this beautifully proportioned poudreuse or vanity table is oblong/rectangular in shape. The top has two side leafs on hinges that hinge outwards. The central top section hinges backwards to reveal a mirror. The interior is lined in its original silk lining. The front has two ‘fake’ drawers and two functioning drawers with a pull out writing slope or shelf. The vanity sits on four classic cabriolet legs of elegant proportions. Classic and original French Provincial artistry. Constructed using wooden pegs giving a clear indication of it’s authenticity. It stands on gorgeous cabriolet legs. Impeccable provenance: It was purchased at a French antique auction...

A Genoese mid-18th century trellis work marquetry vanity or console table, with a serpentine top opening to reveal a bevelled and arched mirror, with a bombe fronted set with a singl...

An exceptional dressing table of the finest quality, this exquisite work features the most exhuberant cuts of crotch-mahogany across the apron and top. The center drawer is character...