CIRCA 1840

Details

A French scarlet-lacquer dressing table
Circa 1840
In the Chinoiserie taste, with a later paper property label for Princess Margaret
8 in. (20.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Displayed in the Bedroom of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The miniature Louis XV dressing-table (table de toilette, coiffeuse, poudreuse) is japanned in the 'Vernis Martin' fashion popularised by Parisian marchand-merciers such as Lazare Duvaux, while its Chinese figures reflect the 'Goût Chinois' popularised by the artist Jean Pillement (d.1808).

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