An Australian fiddleback blackwood dressing table, circa 1880 the shaped rectangular mirror between two foliate scroll-carved end supports above a central roll-top compartment and flanked by two bow fronted three drawer pedestals, the shaped top above a single short frieze drawer, supported on a pair of cabriole legs to the front with acanthus leaf decoration to the knees and paw feet and plain pilasters to the rear, on a concaved platform and raised on bun feet, 123 cm wide, 58 cm deep, 170 cm high. Reference: Nineteenth century Australian Furniture, Kevin Fahy, Christina Simpson, Andrew Simpson, David Ell Press, Sydney 1985, page 524, plate 545