Chinese Lacquered Dressing Table and Stool

circa 1900, all-over polychrome lacquered surface with gilt highlights, rectangular top with two hinged panels opens to reveal a decorated interior with further central hinged panel which opens to reveal more painted decoration and a beveled dressing mirror, the case with a single flush drawer, scalloped skirt on tall stylized cabriole legs; together with a conforming rectangular stool which fits underneath the table.
Dressing table 34.5 x 24.5 x 16.5 in.; stool 18.5 x 18 x 14 in.
Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Dressing table with surface wear to painted and gilt decoration; scattered shrinkage cracks and areas of loss to veneers; loss to image on right upper hinged panel; the stool with lacquer loss and surface chipping at joints; both with a darkened patina.