Dressing Table Mirror

Artisan: Gerald Crawford
Date: Unknown
Inscriptions: signed ‘G. Crawford’ and with monogram of ‘G’ in a circle on the back of the drawer base
Dimensions: 66 x 45 x 21 mm. / 2 ⅝ x 1 ¾ x ⅞ inches (height x width x depth)
Inventory number: 2022.130
Intended Room: Butler’s Bedroom
Category: Mirrors

Provenance: Purchased from Miniature Designs, Braselton, Georgia, USA, in April 2022.

We’re inadvertently building up a small sub-collection of miniature dressing-table mirrors. This particular example caught by eye because of the artisan: the celebrated craftsman Gerald Crawford, perhaps best known for his collaboration with Winterthur Museum, whose furniture he replicated in miniature. Gerald’s larger pieces are too expensive for us at the moment, so it was a pleasure to spot this lovely little mirror. And besides, every bedroom needs a mirror, doesn’t it? The details are the winner here: look at the elegant turning of the side-supports, and the little ‘feet’ on the bottom.