US$2,477.06 This is a beautiful English Edwardian mahogany cheval mirror, circa 1900 in date. This mirror has lovely inlaid marquetry decorations throughout. The mirror swivels on solid brass fittings and the glazing is original. It sits on its original brass castors and caps. It would look lovely in any bedroom or dressing room. Condition: In excellent condition having been fully restored in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 197 x Width 71 x Depth 55 Dimensions in inches: Height 6 feet, 6 inches x Width 2 feet, 4 inches x Depth 1 foot, 10 inches Cheval Mirror - also called horse dressing glass or psyche, a tall dressing mirror, suspended between two pillars, usually joined by horizontal bars immediately above and below the mirror and resting on two pairs of long feet. The cheval glass was first made toward the end of the 18th century. The mirror could be tilted at any angle by means of the swivel screws supporting it, and its height could be adjusted by means of lead counterweights and a horse, or pulley, from which the name was taken. Thomas Sheraton, in The Cabinet Dictionary (1803), included a design with a nest of drawers at one side and another with a writing surface. When wardrobes were fitted with mirrored doors, the cheval glass became unnecessary in bedrooms. Mahogany is probably one of the largest ‘families’ of hardwood, having many different varieties within its own species. Mahogany has been used for centuries in ship building, house building, furniture making etc and is the core structure of just about every 19th century vanity box, dressing case or jewellery box. It became more of a Victorian trend to dress Mahogany with these decorative veneers, such as Rosewood, Kingwood, Burr Walnut and Coromandel, so that...