Dressing table mirror, ca. 1700, French, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, 27 1/2 in. × 26 1/2 in. × 3 in. (69.9 × 67.3 × 7.6 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, 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
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Dressing table mirror, ca, 1700, French, Tortoiseshell, engraved brass, kingwood, amaranth, bois satiné, ebony, mirror glass, 27 1/2, 26, 3, 69.9, 67.3, 7.6 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, engraving, André-Charles Boulle, 1642–1732, cabinetmaker, French crown, depicts, mirror, example, Jean-Marc Nattier, portrait, Madame, Marsollier, Daughter, 1749, suggesting, luxurious boulle-work, objects, time, Louis XIV, remained, fashionable, long, reign
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