{"product_id":"flame-mahogany-dressing-mirror-with-drawers","title":"Flame Mahogany Dressing Mirror with Drawers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e H 23\" × W 17.5\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid mahogany with flame figuring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa mid-1800s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Europe, as recorded by the dealer it was acquired from\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent condition for its age. Structurally sound throughout, both drawers running true on their runners, and the timber carrying the deepened colour mahogany reaches after a century and a half.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMirror plate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original and never resilvered, holding the speckled silvering and soft edge clouding that only decades produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dressing mirror stood on the chest in the corner of a bedroom and did the work an entire vanity does now, tilting on its knobs to catch whatever light the window gave. Cabinetmakers across Europe built them in mahogany through the middle decades of the nineteenth century, choosing and cutting the timber so the flame figure ran unbroken across the front of the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plate is original to the piece and has never been touched. Decades of air behind the glass have drawn the silvering back into a soft constellation, gathered at the edges and scattered toward the centre, so a reflection settles into the surface instead of sitting on top of it. That effect is imitated at real expense now, sprayed and stippled onto new glass to approximate what this one arrived at on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo drawers run below on a plinth of heavy roll moulding, lined in quilted cream fabric and shallow in the way they were built to be. On a dresser, a hall table, or a bathroom counter it does exactly what it was made for, and the frame carries enough weight to hold a corner as furniture in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sojourn Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49565491790039,"sku":null,"price":725.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/1344\/2263\/files\/IMG_2281.jpg?v=1786319920","url":"https:\/\/www.sojournvintage.com\/products\/flame-mahogany-dressing-mirror-with-drawers","provider":"Sojourn Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}