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Dressing table
Carel Breytspraak, c. 1808 - c. 1810
The king gave young Dutch cabinetmakers an opportunity to produce furniture for his palace. The required style was ‘Empire’, whose very name and references to Classical antiquity meant that even the furniture represented Napoleon’s imperial ambitions. The Amsterdam furniture-maker Carel Breytspraak made this dressing table for the bedchamber of Crown Prince Napoleon Louis.
- Artwork typetoilettafel
- Object numberBK-BR-589-B
- Dimensionsheight 76.5 cm x width 103.6 cm x depth 54.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsmahoniehout, eikenhout, verguld brons, marmer