Dressing-table mirror

Unknown

ca. 1700 · Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1985