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Skiffle-Era Lacquer Dressing Table

A mid-century modern dressing table from 1959, retaining the core silhouette and form of an 18th-century Queen Anne lowboy, including cabriole legs, a central drawer featuring a carved shell motif flanked by fluted pilasters, and two smaller side drawers. The object is finished in a bold, mid-century black lacquer with a high-gloss synthetic sheen typical of the era. The surface is decorated with hand-painted, flat-style skiffle-themed motifs: abstract white and gold linework resembling the patterns of a 1950s circular skirt, intermixed with silhouettes of jazz guitars and...

Skiffle-Era Lacquer Dressing Table