#91

French Doll's Lace-Trimmed Toilette
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$650
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Description
16" H (40 cm). A simple wooden framed dressing table with curved front and matching curved shelf below an oval shaped mirror is richly draped with embroidered lace over blue cotton sateen underskirt, and trimmed with little garlands of flowers and rose silk ribbons. The dressing table holds an assortment of white porcelain toiletry pieces, brush and cologne bottles. Excellent condition, perfectly preserved. The toilette appeared in various Etrennes catalogs of Paris, circa 1895.