coiffeuse

A small table topped with a mirror intended as a make-up and hairdressing table. (c.f., poudreuse)

Antiques From Our Gallery

Item No. 873 Fine, Venetian, Rococo style, painted and parcel-gilded coiffeuse In sculpted and blue-painted wood with gold accents, the lower part of arbalette form with a single, central drawer, top in faux marble, the legs of cabriole form; the upper part having a mirror with original mercury glass supported by two arms; the whole being of curvilinear form with a floral and shell motif. Circa 1850. 60½" high by 39" wide by 18" deep

Item No. 824 Very fine, Spanish, Neoclassical, flame mahogany and parcel-gilt coiffeuse The whole resting upon four acanthus-leaf decorated feet; the upper compartment with looking glass of large dimensions between two Corinthian columns resting upon a single drawer; The lower compartment having three drawers, with the top drawer opening to reveal a writing compartment; Circa 1820. Provenance: Collection d' Ariane Dandois. 82" high by 34¾" wide by 20¼" deep