Empire Period Mahogany Dressing Table With Sliding Top

Men's dressing table in mahogany veneer. It opens with a flap revealing a mirror and a white marble shelf and 1 large wig drawer in the belt. Beautiful chased and mercury-gilded bronze trim, with amusing bronzes of cupids under a palm tree. (exoticism for a naval officer?). Parisian manufacture mounted on oak from the Directoire or Empire period, late 18th century early 19th century. The men's dressing table differs from the women's model by a single large flap revealing a mirror and generally a large marble top, while the women's model opens with 3 flaps, revealing on either side of the central mirror boxes for ointments and brushes. An elegant model, our dressing table is distinguished by an interesting mechanism with its flap mounted on a rail which allows the mirror to be moved more or less forward from the user's face and to leave it locked open on demand. This table is to the dressing table what the Tronchin table is to the writing table. Beautiful model in excellent condition. The french polish has been redone by our cabinetmaker, it is very smooth and clean. No accidents or missing veneer. Height: 73cm Width: 44.8cm Length: 80.3cm