Dressing Table 1938

Francis Borelli made this drawing of a Dressing Table sometime in the twentieth century. The subtle use of color and shading suggests a real wood surface, almost as if you could run your hand over it. I wonder, when Borelli was drawing, if he thought about the people who might have used this dressing table. Maybe someone getting ready for a night out, carefully applying makeup, or a quiet moment of reflection in the morning light. The handles on the drawers especially give a sense of its use, and I can imagine the artist carefully considering each line. There's something so intimate about the everyday objects we live with, and I like how the artist has captured that here. It reminds me how artists throughout time look at and find inspiration in the things that surround them, adding their own perspective to the world.