Dressing-table mirror

French

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An engraving by André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732), cabinetmaker to the French crown, depicts a mirror similar to this example, as does Jean-Marc Nattier’s portrait Madame Marsollier and Her Daughter of 1749, suggesting that luxurious boulle-work objects made during the time of Louis XIV remained fashionable long after his reign.

Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French

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Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French
Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French
Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French
Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French
Dressing-table mirror, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, French

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