Michael Thonet - Standspiegel- Nr. 4 - Buche

VANITY MIRROR NO. 4 SWIVEl. Vienna. Circa 1910, designed by the Thonet brothers. Beech wood, glass, brass. 174x76x44cm, mark 2. This dressing mirror was illustrated for the first time in the supplement of the Zentralanzeiger of May 31, 1905. It was presented in two versions: fixed and swivel. The manufacturer was Bistritz. In the official catalogs, it can be found for the first time in supplement L. of the 1904 catalog, September 1905. It embodies the new design language of Viennese Art Nouveau and has a much more reduced form than the first dressing mirror "Psyche". The mirror was offered both with and without glass, so that the customer could also have it made by a glazier according to his own wishes