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Definition of Dressing table
1. Noun. Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup.
Definition of Dressing table
1. Noun. A low table or chest of drawers with a mirror at which one sits while dressing, applying makeup or similar tasks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dressing Table
Literary usage of Dressing table
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"Japanned Dressing-Table, 1700-25 85 81. High Chest of Drawers, 1710-20 86 82.
... Dressing-Table, 1710-20 92 90. Japanned Scroll-Top High Chest of Drawers ..."
2. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"... the dentist's assistant from Deposit, and staring miserably at her reflection
in the dressing-table mirror. Of what use were youth and grace and good ..."
3. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"The lady's dressing - table, as designed by Chippendale, took the form of a small
commode. Hepple- white's dressing-tables are chiefly noted for the ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"A chest of drawers : a dressing-table with drawers. Richardson, ' Pamela,' iv.
79. (NED) 1764 A " Chest of Draws " is advertised with other things at The ..."