Antique Georgian Mahogany Dressing Table Vanity Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
A rare and highly unusual Georgian mahogany dressing table of elegant proportions, dating to around 1780. Beautifully designed and wonderfully practical, this exceptional piece combi...
Mahogany
$3,500Sale Price|32% Off
18th century Louis XVI Dressing Table
Located in Belmont, MA
Louis XVI dressing table, France 1780. For the beautiful marquetry, the maker combined two types of veneer: Walnut and kingwood. The dressing table has one exterior drawer, a built ...
Kingwood, Walnut
Antique 18th century baroque Dressing Table with Mirror
Located in Doha, QA
“MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO’S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL”? This ladies’ antique dressing table is elegant and playful. It decorated with gold gilded ornaments on the legs, mirro...
Fruitwood, Walnut, Pine
18th Century Venetian Rococo Chinoiserie Yellow Polychrome Paint Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
This style reached its peak during the 18th century and remains influential in various forms today.
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
Louis XV Rosewood Veneered Parquetry Design Dressing Table
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An elegant Louis XV rosewood veneered parquetry design dressing table (coiffeuse) with folding looking-glass, compartments and drawers, France, mid-18th century.
Rosewood
Italian Walnut Kidney-Form Dressing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
A finely proportioned late eighteenth-century Italian kidney-form dressing table veneered throughout in exceptional olive and figured walnut. The shaped top is laid with dramatic boo...
Olive, Walnut
Important Burr & Burl Gothic Antique Dressing Table with Polished Brass Fittings
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare and important, Museum quality, Gothic style Antique Burr & Burl Walnut Dressing table with oversized, polished brass fittings This ...
Mirror, Walnut
Important Beau Brummell Regency Period Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
Metamorphic like, the multipurpose piece transforming from a library table or console - vanity - work table - writing desk) Refined elegant sophistication at its finest, born in lat...
Brass
Classicism Dressing Table, Poudruese, Ladies Vanites Table, German, circa 1790
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique classic dressing table made of different fruit trees. Inlaid thread edge. Rectangular panel 5 front drawers, on four-cornered, down-tapering legs. Dressing table, so-called ...
Fruitwood
Exceptional 18th Century Venetian dressing table mirror / table top vanity
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Exceptional 18th Century Venetian dressing table mirror / table top vanity, paint decorated all over, top crest over mirror with outdoor genre scene vignette.
Serpentine
$3,206Sale Price|29% Off
Small 18th Century Walnut Lowboy Dressing Table Vanity
Located in Lymington, GB
A compact-sized 18th-century walnut lowboy / dressing table / vanity.
Walnut
Italian 18th Century Renaissance Vanity, Desk with Two Chairs, Dressing Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Antique renaissance Vanity, desk with mirror and two chairs in carved ebonized walnut. Fabulous and elegant dressing table or desk Measure cm desk: H 73, W 88, D 55 Measure cm c...
Mirror, Walnut
Unavailable
H 28.35 in W 29.53 in D 17.72 in
18th Century Vanity / Dressing Table Louis XV Period with Mirror
Located in EVREUX, FR
18th century vanity / dressing table Louis XV period with mirror Charming period vanity / dressing table whose marquetry offers a nice contrast between light and dark wood species.
Brass
18th c. Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Savannah, GA
Late 18th century mahogany English Beau Brummell dressing table with original bowl, compartments, mirror, hardware and casters.
18th Century Painted Venetian Dressing Table
Located in Houston, TX
18th century painted Venetian dressing table with mirror and two drawers Lots of painted decoration with patterns of the period Top of table is tray shaped and has been previousl...
Wood
18th Century George III Period Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century George III Period mahogany dressing table with brass pulls
Brass
Beautiful Crusty Dressing Table
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Beautiful antique vanity with seven drawers and original mirror plate. The paint is worn and flaking with exposed gesso.
Wood
A George II Walnut Dressing-table
Located in New York, NY
The quarter-veneered top with feather-banded borders, above three short drawers and shaped apron, raised on cabriole legs ending in trefoil feet.
Brass
Unavailable
H 27.75 in W 34 in D 10.25 in
Queen Anne Walnut and Yellow Pine Dressing Table, Pennsylvania, circa 1750s
Located in Litchfield, CT
This rare Queen Anne diminutive size dressing table made of walnut and pine has a wonderful figured over-hanging top with notched front corners above one long drawer with two smaller...
Walnut, Pine
Unavailable
H 28.5 in W 25 in D 1,525 in
18th century French side table dressing table Louis XVI style marble top vanity
Located in Roswell, GA
Late 18th century French bedside table/dressing table. A petite dressing table usable as a bedside night stand. Petite enough at 15.25 inches to occupy a hallway. Breakfast in bed tr...
Fruitwood, Wood
18th Century French Dressing Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
An 18th century French Louis XV coiffeuse in walnut, with various compartments and a mirror that folds into the top, a scalloped apron on cabriole legs.
Walnut
Dutch Queen Ann Marquetry Dressing table, 18th century
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine Dutch Queen Ann marquetry three drawer dressing table with cabriole legs and pad feet.
Antique Dressing Table Manufactured in Italy, 18th Century
Located in Milano, IT
An antique dressing table with conical and fluted legs decorated with leaves. Magnificently carved, it has a peach blossom marble top and a high mirror with cymatium and carved volut...
Marble
Late 18th century French Directoire Dressing Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mahogany Wood with Ebony Inlaid. Old Original Repair to the top. Rounded Leg with Ebony Inlaid . Invisible drawer with Antique original Hidden Mirror.
Ebony, Mahogany, Mirror
18th Century English George II Dressing Table in Walnut
Located in Dallas, TX
A George II English dressing table in walnut with inlaid border on drawer front. Single drawer with decorative pull on escutcheon. Cabriole legs with carving at knee and pad foot, ci...
Wood
18th Century French Louis XV Dressing Table, Kingwood,
Located in Belmont, MA
French Louis XV woman's dressing table or "poudreuse" dates back to the 18th century. For the beautiful marquetry, the maker combined three types of veneer: Rosewood, kingwood and ...
Kingwood
Small 18th Century Cherry Wood Dressing Table with Flower Inlay
Located in Berlin, DE
A small Louis XV cherrywood dressing table or poudreuse with flower inlay. The serpentine top is divided into three sections: the centre panel is mounted with a mirror on the undersi...
Cherry
English Mahogany Knee Hole Vanity or Dressing Table, c. 1760
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Georgian Cubus mahogany knee hole vanity or dressing table. The top has a molded edge with dimpled front corners which rests on a long, single drawer over mirrored stacks of ...
Brass
Sold
H 29.14 in W 30.32 in D 18.51 in
18th Century French Louis XV Cube Pattern Marquetry Dressing Table or Coiffeuse
Located in Berlin, DE
18th Century French Louis XV Cube Pattern Marquetry Dressing Table or Coiffeuse Charming 18th century Louis XV vanity/dressing table or coiffeuse standing on slender cabriole legs, ...
Wood
Louis XV Mahogany and Marquetry Dressing Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Louis XV mahogany and marquetry dressing table, the serpentine platform with cubed parquetry inlay bordered by gilt bronze gallery,over a conforming false drawer sliding forward to ...
Ormolu
Louis XV Period Dressing Table
Located in Vista, CA
Exquisite Louis XV Period Dressing table with creme peinte, and an olive green border. The flip top opens to a flower motif padded interior which holds brass and glass perfume bottle...
Directoire Mahogany Dressing Table French
Located in San Francisco, CA
Directoire period solid mahogany and brass-mounted dressing table. Opening to reveal a slightly lowered surface with a mirror mounted on the underside of the lift top. On turned tape...
Brass
English Mahogany Beau Brummell Dressing Table
Located in Woodbury, CT
Beau Brummell (1778 - 1840), it is said, took five hours to bathe, dress and otherwise prepare himself for public. Because of this personal fastidiousness, a station was required to...
A Fine George III Large Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine gentleman's dressing table is of large scale and with a nicely fitted interior. Made of mahogany with a tight fine grain and retaining is original brasses and casters. The ...
Mahogany
Louis XV Dressing Table, Attributed to Pierre Roussel
Located in Berlin, DE
A Louis XV dressing table attributed to Pierre Roussel (1723-1782). The table is veneered in tulipwood and other woods, forming floral marquetry panels with a carefully inlaid basket...
Queen Anne Figured Walnut Dressing Table circa 1750
Located in Stamford, CT
A Queen Anne Figured walnut dressing table, Boston- area Massachusetts circa 1750. Dark brown color. Old dry surface. 31.5 height by 32 width by 19 depth.For related example of dr...
Chippendale George III Dressing Table, England, 1770-1780
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small elegant dressing table / furniture made of mahogany. Table top can open under which décor with small compartments and a mirror. Front with 2 drawers. Fluted legs with cutouts. ...
Mirror, Mahogany
Curved Back Vanity Or Dressing Table Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Upholstery-ready exquisite curved back vanity chair. This carved 18th century french style chair was crafted in the early 20th century, probably in France, and has curved heart shap...
Walnut, Muslin, Upholstery
Antique Venetian Hand Painted Bombay Vanity Dressing Table Desk
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Venetian Hand Painted Bombay Vanity Dressing Table Desk.
Wood
Sold
H 32.29 in W 35.44 in D 19.69 in
18th century, Italian Louis XV Lacquered Wood Vanity Dressing Cabinet
Located in IT
18th century, Italian Louis XV Lacquered Wood Vanity Dressing Cabinet The vanity dressing cabinet was made in Italy in Genoa around the middle of the eighteenth century, Louis XV.
Wood
Vintage, new and antique vanity tables have forever felt like personal, intimate sanctuaries of sorts, designed to introduce a level of serenity that feels rare and welcome in our otherwise frenetic days. They’ve been variously known as dressing tables or makeup tables over the years, but no matter what we call them — and whether it's a sophisticated contemporary piece or an iconic vintage Luigi Massoni vanity — vanities have offered a special place for us to get ready for work, an early-morning appointment or lunch date or whatever lies ahead.
“Beauty routines, taking the time to protect what you have, a moment to accessorize, a moment to pause and slow down — these are all so important now as an antidote to our fast and hectic lives,” says Oona Bannon, creative director of Pinch Design in Clapham, South London. “Just thinking about a dressing table makes me feel calm.”
When decorative boxes would no longer suffice as repositories for cosmetics, fragrant oils and perfumes, dressing tables originated in France and England during the 17th century. Men who called the latter home used “shaving tables” — a proto-dressing table — for their grooming routines while women found in dressing tables an oasis for applying makeup, particularly as improvements upon vanity tables equipped them with mirrors and lighting. In the United States, as vanity tables became a seamless component of bedroom furniture, furniture makers working in Chippendale, Rococo and other styles were regularly commissioned to produce these popular items.
Vanity tables have evolved over the years, and while there is lots to love about the ornate carving and pronounced curvilinear forms of Victorian vanities, the clean lines that characterize mid-century modern vanities and the decorative flourishes associated with Art Deco vanities, the main elements of this furnishing are the same. All vanities are about as tall as a standard table with room for seating furniture, which tends to be a small bench, a stool or an armless chair. Many also have special organization features for makeup. Without a chair and a mirror, a vanity would resemble a dresser.
Nowadays, vanities are more than a place to do hair and makeup. They’re a platform to display beauty products and store makeup collections. Vanities are standard in bedrooms, particularly if you’re not lucky enough to have a spacious dressing room or walk-in closet for your dressing table. The better the lighting is in your bedroom or wherever you’ve positioned your vanity table — even if you’ve opted for a moody setting versus a bright one — the more you will benefit from having this personal place of respite to prepare for the day ahead.
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