DRESSING TABLE
Ephemera is a dressing table composed of elements from different periods, forms and uses, brought together without erasing their origin. At its center is a late nineteenth-century pharmacy counter in fir wood, found through an antique dealer in the Modenese Apennines. He invited me to his home to help with the restoration. He prepared bread and salami and kept repeating: “all this work on such an old, damaged counter, signorina, it isn’t worth it.” It was.
The large flat mirror from the 1960s and the small convex deforming mirror generate two different self-images: one wide, clear and defined; the other small, distorted and almost liquefied.
They do not oppose each other, but coexist as parts of the same reflection.
Sold. Ephemera currently lives in Portugal.
WIDTH 198 cm 78 in
DEPTH 102 cm 40.2 in
HEIGHT 80 cm 31.5 in
Ephemera is a wood and iron dressing table.
Counter: late 19th-century Italian pharmacy in fir wood.
Use: every element is movable and adjustable.
Mirrors: 2 mirrors: a large 360° rotating mirror and a small fixed convex mirror from a 1940s vehicle.
Stool: 1 hand-turned stool is mounted on a movable iron arm.
Origin: the large mirror comes from a 1960s bedroom set.
Finish: vegetable-based finishes and natural beeswax
Drawers: 16 drop-front drawers designed to store small objects.
Trays: 2 solid-fir pull-out trays with metal handles.
