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Edwards, Ralph. The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture.  London:  The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., 1964.

Page 385.

"By the last quarter of the century* it was possible to cast single plates of looking-glass more than 10 ft. high, an improvement which led to the introduction of toilet mirrors sufficiently large to reflect the whole person.  They were known as cheval or 'Horse Dressing Glasses', a term derived from the four-legged frame, or horse, on which they were suspended."

*THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - R.F.