Bamboo and Rattan Vanity / Dressing Table with Drawer and Mirror, 1970's Mid-cen
Located in Cork, IE
Well crafted and in very good condition this dressing table is well proportioned making it an attractive solution that is also suitable for smaller spaces.
Bamboo, Wicker, Rattan
18th century dressing table
Located in BEEKBERGEN, NL
Beautiful antique Louis XVI style dressing table with a folding mirror, storage compartments, and drawers.
Mahogany
Swedish Gustavian Centre Mirror Carved Dressing Table Early 20th Century White
Located in Lewes, England
Antique Swedish Gustavian single mirror carved dressing table in later white paint with 2 pedestal cabinets with carved motifs.
Pine
1950´s Restored Danish Mid-Century Teak Dressing Table with Floating Table Top
Located in Knebel, DK
1950´s Restored Danish Mid-Century Teak Vanity Set with Floating Table Top Fully Restored Danish wall mounted vanity table with floating table top and large wall mounted mirror and ...
Metal
$1,925Sale Price|20% Off
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
English Bamboo Dressing Table
Located in New York, NY
Impressive English bamboo dressing table adorned with beveled mirror. Beautifully lacquered top in a richly textured floral chinoiserie motif with layers of red, black and gold lacqu...
Bamboo
$7,221Sale Price|30% Off
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 Louis XVI Style Marquetry Dressing Table with Ormolu Lights, Belle Époque
Located in London, Park Royal
A charming French, Parisienne Louis XVI-style marquetry dressing table from the Belle Époque, with integrated gilt bronze lighting and a refined neoclassical silhouette.
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Wood with Onyx Top French Empire Style Dressing Table, 1920s
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French dressing table from the first half of the 20th century.
Onyx
Émile Gallé Art Nouveau Lift Top Dressing Table with Floral Inlay
By Émile Gallé
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau occasional / dressing table with an elaborate inlaid floral and pastoral design that lifts on two brass hinges to reveal an interior mirror and inlaid floral desig...
Metal, Brass
French Mid-Century Pecan Wood Dressing Table with Parquetry, 1940s
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century (1940s) pecan wood dressing table with a parquetry top and mirror (20" high) over a drawer centered by 2 open side shelves.
Nutwood
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
Italian Mid-Century Vanity Console by Cesare Lacca with Mirror in Burl Walnut
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FH27 Majestic vanity dressing table console with mirror, 1950s by Cesare Lacca per La Permanente Mobili Cantù , in burl walnut folder.
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
$8,197Sale Price|31% Off
19th Century, Inlaid Dressing Table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Early 19th century French Empire dressing table, the oval mirror frame with swans heads terminals, above a dished white marble top and frieze drawer profusely inlaid with floral deta...
Wood
Arne Vodder Teak Dressing Table by Oelholm Moebelfabrik in Excellent Condition
By Ølholm Møbelfabrik, Arne Vodder
Located in Knebel, DK
Elegant teak dressing-/vanity table with spilt legs, adjustable mirror and the quintessential bow tie grips on drawers top and bottom that are one of Vodder's trademark.
Mirror, Teak
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
$5,777Sale Price|28% Off
19th century French Empire dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Early 19th century French Empire mahogany dressing table, the oval mirror frame with swans heads terminals,To the well figured top over a large freeze drawer.
Wood
Italian 18th Century Renaissance Vanity, Desk with Two Chairs, Dressing Table
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Fabulous and elegant dressing table or desk Measure cm desk: H 73, W 88, D 55 Measure cm chairs: H 100\46 W 45, D 41.
Mirror, Walnut
Kai Kristiansen Rosewood 1960s Danish Dressing Table
By Kai Kristiansen, Aksel Kjersgaard
Located in London, England
Kai Kristiansen Model 40 Rosewood Dressing table with folding 3-piece mirror. This dressing table was made from highly figured exotic rosewood by Aksel Kjersgaard in Denmark in the 1...
Rosewood
French Art Nouveau Lady's Dressing or Vanity w. Cabinets & Large Tilting Mirror
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning, practical and all hand-crafted dressing table with full-size beveled mirror. This museum quality AND condition piece of Art Nouveau furniture is a work of art at the same ...
Marble, Bronze
$4,126Sale Price / set|20% Off
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
1940 Style Mirror Dressing Table with 6 Drawers
Located in Marseille, FR
1940 Style mirror dressing table 6 height drawers (mirror) 161 cm.
Glass
Mid-Century Italian Wood Inlay Glass Top Wall Console Desk Vanity Dressing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very elegant and refined Italian Mid-Century Modern design console side table ideal as small desk as well as vanity dressing table coupled with a mirror.
Brass
PH Dressing Table in steel - with elegant drawers and optional mirror with light
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
The PH Dressing Table in steel with the PH Mirror reinterprets Poul Henningsen’s 1919 dressing table for a contemporary, steel framed expression.
Steel, Chrome
Vanity Table in Mahogany, Probably Denmark, circa 1830
Located in Greding, DE
Danish Biedermeier dressing table with adjustable mirror with an architectural layout and fire-gilded fittings.
Bronze
A late 19th Century French Napolean III Marquetry Poudreuse or Work Table
Located in Glasgow, GB
A poudreuse is a type of dressing table with a mirrored lid that lifts up to reveal a vanity area, the term originates from the French ‘poudrer’ meaning to powder.
Birdseye Maple, Satinwood, Walnut, Amboyna
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
Louis XV Tulipwood and Amaranth Table De Toilette, circa 1760
Located in Spencertown, NY
A ladies dressing table with adjustable mirror, compartments on either sides and writing slide in center.
Tulipwood
$13,547 / item
Woman in Paris Vanity Table by Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic, Scarlet Splendour
Located in Kolkata, IN
Woman in Paris Vanity Table by Matteo Cibic is a stunning dressing table with two drawers and three mirrors, two of which can be moved to desired angles.
Resin
Ico Parisi Rectangular Midcentury Italian Writing Table Desk, 1950
By Ico Parisi
Located in Roma, Lazio
Multifunctional its use, at the entrance along a hallway, in a room like a writing table, as a dressing table with a mirror on it.
Brass
Vintage Mid Century Modern Teak Vanity Desk
Located in Gardiner, NY
Authentic vintage mid century modern teak dressing table / vanity / desk with mirror. This piece is in excellent condition with few signs of age-related wear (see photos).
Teak
1920's Italian Paint Decorated Venetian Painted Writing Desk
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
In a bedroom, it serves beautifully as a vanity or dressing table paired with an elegant mirror. In a living room or entry hall, it functions as a sophisticated writing desk or decor...
Walnut
Vintage Art Deco Cerused Ebonized Wood Writing Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage Art Deco rectangular cerused ebonized wood writing desk or dressing table with an attachable, large-scale mirror.
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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