Description
Stylish mahogany toilet mirror by ‘R.S McAlpine, Cabinetmakers, 51A George
Street, Edinburgh’ the well documented toilet mirror in the ‘Lorimer’
style, with shaped frame with curved top in book-matched flame mahogany,
the bevel edge mirror following the form of the frame, supported on a pair
of tapering uprights, the frame held in place by cast brass axe head drops,
the flat section with book-matched mahogany, the base in the form of a small
bureau with wonderful figured mahogany, the flap with mother of pearl heart
shaped escutcheon opens to reveal a well-fitted interior with various
drawers and polished surfaces, beneath this is a shaped frieze and a double
serpentine drawer with a mother of pearl heart-shaped escutcheon, Inside
beneath the drawer there is a trade label, with a serpentine frieze to the
front, the toilet mirror rests on four elegant turned feet, also included is
a card which states that this mirror was made personally by Robert Smith of
McAlpine at 51A George Street, Edinburgh in June 1939. Robert Smith was born
on 1st December 1886 at Carluke.
94cm High, 43cm Wide, 23cm Deep
