FULLY RESTORED AESTHETIC MOVEMENT AMBOYNA EBONY ANTiQUE VICTORIAN DRESSING TABLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, hand made in England Aesthetic Movement Dressing table made in Amboyna wood & Ebon...
Mirror, Amboyna
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Empire Carved Mahogany Dressing Table with Mirror C1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** Antique American Empire Carved Mahogany Dressing Table with Mirror having Flanking Scroll Form ...
Mahogany
ANTIQUE FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE DRESSiNG ROOM CONSOLE TABLE FULL LENGTH MIRROR
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, Antique Circa 1900-1920 French Louis XVI style full length trifold dr...
Mirror, Wood
Antique French Satinwood "Poudreuse" or Lady's Dressing / Powder Table, Ca. 1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Satinwood "Poudreuse" or Lady's dressing / powder table, Circa 1850-1870.
Satinwood
Antique Reclaimed Haveli Wood Dressing Table with Mirror by House of Jaipur
Located in New York, NY
A refined statement piece rooted in architectural heritage, this Jaipur handcrafted dressing table / vanity with mirroris made from reclaimed original wood sourced from 90+ year old ...
Wood
ANTIQUE 1820 JOHANN WAGNER & SOHN DRESSiNG TABLE WITH CUT GLASS CRYSTAL & SILVER
By Johann Wagner & Sohn
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Museum quality, Circa 1820 Georgian Johann Wagner & Sohn Metamorphic dressing t...
Crystal
Antique Victorian American Oak Washstand W/ Mirror Dressing Table Shaving Stand
Located in Dayton, OH
A quaint late Victorian washstand, circa 1900. Made from oak with a high back featuring a swivel mirror and towel bar. The base has one interior shelf with brass pull and is suppor...
Oak
Ormolu Mounted Amboyna and Mahogany Louis XVI Style Antique Dressing Table
Located in London, GB
Ormolu mounted amboyna and mahogany Louis XVI style antique dressing table French, late 19th century Measures: height 91cm, width 70cm, depth 44.5cm Beautiful crafted from an ar...
Ormolu
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
French Antique Marquetry Dressing Table with Mirror and Gilt-Metal Mounts
Located in London, GB
French antique marquetry dressing table with mirror and gilt-metal mounts French, circa 1920 Measures: Height 75cm, width 56cm, depth 46cm Featuring gilt metal mounts, a hinged ...
Metal
Antique French Louis Philippe Provincial Maple Wash Table W/ Carrara Marble
Located in Astoria, NY
A charming late 19th-century French Provincial wash table or vanity, made in the style of Louis Philippe and sourced directly from Provence, France. Beautifully hand-crafted from sol...
Carrara Marble
Antique Dressing Table/ Chest of Drawers with Gustavian Grey Paint & Oval Mirror
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A late 19th century pine chest of drawers or dressing table with newly-painted Gustavian grey/white or driftwood color paint. Offers an oval dressing mirror that pivots and rests ove...
Mirror, Pine
Antique Honduras Hardwood Dressing Table Lion Hair Paw Carved Feet Part of Suite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite quality circa 1900 Honduras Mahogany dressing or vanity table with lion hairy paw feet This piece is part of a large suite, I hav...
Hardwood
ANTIQUE ART DECO CIRCA 1930's SATIN WALNUT DRESSING TABLE + MIRROR PART OF SUITE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely satin Walnut Art Deco circa 1930's dressing table with tri folding mirrors which is part of a sm...
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Italian Yellow Metal Wash Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Italian Yellow Metal Wash Stand Now featuring this 19th Century metal wash stand in yellow. The table top opens to reveal a mirror and small wash-basin. This discreet space...
Metal
Early Widdicomb Antique Victorian Mahogany Dresser With Mirror, Circa 1890s
By Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian serpentine front vanity dresser with mirror By Widdicomb USA, Circa 1890s Carved mahogany, with original brass hardware. Measures: 45"W x 23"D x 69.5...
Brass
Antique French Faux Bamboo Washstand - Napoleon III Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
An attractive French faux bamboo washstand dating from the late 19th century, this piece is well-crafted in wood to imitate bamboo. This elegant piece reflects the fascination with...
Marble
Antique Victorian Mahogany Compact Desk, 1880s
Located in South Shields, GB
A Victorian mahogany desk of small proportions, circa 1880s. It features two cupboards and three drawers, and stands on castors
Wood, Walnut
Super Queen Anne Walnut Dressing Table
Located in Swadlincote, GB
A very nice Queen Anne serpentine burr walnut dressing table with freestanding triptych walnut mirror, both in wonderful overall condition. Dressing table height 31" 43" wide 22" de...
Burl
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
$1,596Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Carved Victorian Marble Top Wash Stand
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 57 1/2in W: 24 1/2in D: 18in. This Antique Carved Victorian Marble Top Wash Stand Vanity is really unique and made of the highest quality woods and marble! If you tak...
Marble, Brass
French 19th Century Gentleman’s Dressing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A distinct and stately Neoclassical gentleman’s dressing table from France, perhaps inspired by the influential English aesthete Beau Brummell whose high standards for personal appea...
Marble, Brass
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Sheraton Carved Mahogany 3 Drawer Dressing Table With Barley Twist Legs & Mirror
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Sheraton style dressing table, crafted from carved mahogany, dating to approximately 1830. This distinguished piece embodies the refined elegance and classical proportions...
Mahogany
FENDI CASA ITALY MACASSAR EBONY NASCONDINO DRESSiNG TABLE & STOOL
By Fendi Casa
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super Italian Fendi Casa Italy Nascondino Dressing table with folding mirror and matching stools Pleas...
Mirror, Macassar
French 19th Century Empire-Style Dressing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This exceptional mahogany dressing table is complete with its original mercury glass pivoting mirror and white marble top. The mirror exhibits some foxing and is framed with beautifu...
Ormolu
French Empire Style Mahogany Dressing Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This exceptional French 19th century Empire mahogany dressing table is complete with its original mercury glass mirror and charcoal and white marble top. The arched mirror displays s...
Brass, Metal
LOVELY HAND PAINTED MIRRORED DRESSING CONSOLE TABLE MATCHING STOOL AVAiLABLE
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely Hand Painted Mirrored Dressing Console Table. Discover Unique Treasures from a Luxurious Cobham Showroom Mansi...
Hardwood
18th Century Venetian Rococo Chinoiserie Yellow Polychrome Paint Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most charming authentic antique Venetian Chinoiserie decorated poudreuse (dressing table) with beautifully aged original patina! Venice, Italy, 18th century A wonderful...
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood, Oak, Pine, Paint
STARBAY LiVING THE LEGEND LA DESIRADE FOLDING LEATHER DRESSING TABLE & STOOL
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Starbay The Living Legend La Desirade folding Dressing table with built in stool P...
Leather, Mirror, Hardwood
EXQUISITE CHiNESE CHINOISERIE WALNUT DRESSING TABLE & STOOL PART OF A SUITE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning original circa 1920's Hand made Chinese Chinoiserie dressing table with tri folding mirrors an...
Mirror, Walnut
FiNE VICTORIAN BENTWOOD THONET STAMPED DRESSING TABLE & HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE STOOL
By Thonet
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this sublime 19th century Victorian Thonet bentwood dressing table and height adjustable stool Please note...
Mirror, Bentwood
1930s ART DECO C.W.S CABINET WORKS DRESSING TABLE WITH MIRROR
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London A distinctive Art Deco dressing table by C.W.S. Cabinet Works, Birmingham, dating to the 1930s. This piece combines the elegance of period design with practica...
Hardwood
LOVELY ART DECO CIRCA 1930's SATIN WALNUT DRESSING TABLE + MIRROR PART OF SUITE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely satin Walnut Art Deco circa 1930's dressing table with tri folding mirrors which is part of a sm...
Mirror, Walnut
ART DECO HEALS LONDON LiMED OAK DRESSING TABLE & STOOL PART OF A LARGE SUITE
By Heal's
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely Art Deco Circa 1920's Limed Oak, Heals of London Dressing table & Stool which is part of a s...
Mirror, Oak
$1,948Sale Price|20% Off
Louis Philippe Walnut Wood & Veneer Dressing Table, Late 19th Century
Located in Opole, PL
Louis Philippe Walnut Wood & Veneer Dressing Table, Late 19th Century Step into timeless elegance with this exquisite 19th-century Louis Philippe-style dressing table, a stunning pi...
Walnut, Glass, Wood
$4,150Sale Price|30% Off
English George III Inlaid Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table or Beau Brummel
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Fabulous quality rare and important antique English George III inlaid flame mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table or Beau Brummel. This table comes with an exceptionally well fitted ...
Mahogany, Bone
Restored 19th Century Alfred Beurdeley French Louis XV Coiffeuse Dressing Table
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this exquisite fully restored Alfred Beurdeley attributed 19th century French Louis XV Kingwood Coiffeuse dressing table This is the best example of a Co...
Hardwood, Walnut
Important Beau Brummell Regency Period Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and spectacular George III period (1760-1820) Beau Brummell gentleman's dressing table. There is no mistaking this remarkably distinctive table's complex design and superb qu...
Brass
$15,500Sale Price|50% Off
English Mahogany Beau Brummell Gentleman Dressing Desk, Aristocratic Pedigree
By Maple & Co.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Mahogany Beau Brummell Gentleman dressing desk. Aristocratic Pedigree. Outstanding example of a rare mechanical piece of furniture of museum quality. The luxurious polish...
Mahogany
Circa 1790 George III Period Corner Washstand, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1790 George III period corner washstand, English. Mahogany & mahogany veneers. Upper left gallery crack repair & small stretcher losses restored. Stable crack on top of mid-she...
Mahogany
French 19th Century Art Nouveau Hall Tree
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An extraordinary French 19th century vanity or hall tree that could serve many functions around the home to anchor an entryway, hall or dressing room in need of a statement piece of ...
Marble
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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