Luigi Massoni Dilly Dally Vanity Table and Chair, Poltrona Frau, Italy, 1960s
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A rare Italian "Dilly Dally" vanity by Luigi Massoni and manufactured by Poltrona Frau Italy in the 1960s. Newly upholstered in off white leatherette. Modular vanity fully upholstere...
Faux Leather
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Gold Gilded Vanity by S. Salvadori
By S. Salvadori
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Wonderful vintage dressing table set, including a mirror, vanity table, and chair.
Metal, Gold Leaf
$3,450 / set
Vintage Distressed Mirrored Vanity and Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This enchanting vintage vanity captures the romantic allure of French Provincial and Neoclassical design through a soulful, aged lens.
Serpentine
Guglielmo Pecorini Rare Vanity Table Venini Folding Mirror Model No 21 and Chair
By Guglielmo Pecorini
Located in New York, NY
An exceptionally rare and refined three-drawer vanity desk in cherry wood, attributed to Guglielmo Pecorini, accompanied by its original folding Venini Murano glass mirror (model no....
Brass
Italian Vanity Table with Chair in Bamboo and Rattan by Vivai del Sud, 1970s
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century vanity table with matching chair in bamboo, rattan, and wicker.
Brass
1970s Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Modular 'Dilly Dally' Vanity and Chair
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a ‘Dilly Dally’ Vanity and coordinating Chair, designed by Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau in 1968.
Leather, Wood, Glass, Plastic, Acrylic
Set of One Vanity Desk, One Chair, Two Nightstands and One Wardrobe
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of one vanity desk, one chair, two nightstands and one wardrobe in gilt bronze, marble, porcelain and wood. France, late 19th century. Dimensions of the vanity desk: 203 cm he...
Marble, Bronze
Antique Hitchcock Vanity Desk with Chair and Mirror
By Hitchcock
Located in London, GB
A smart and very well made antique Hitchcock vanity desk with chair and mirror. These were made in the USA by the Hitchcock chair company, they date from around the 1950’s.
Mirror, Wood
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.
Mirror, Walnut
Bone Tile Mid-Century Modern Wall Console Table Vanity with Chair
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern bone tile dressing table vanity with matching 22 x 23 x 39 armchair.
Bone
Antique Wicker Vanity Desk Set with Chair, Circa 1890, Pink Upholstery
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Charming antique wicker vanity / desk with matching chair. Chair seat cushion has been reupholstered in a pink & white plaid cotton fabric. A very sweet set!.
Wicker
$840Sale Price|43% Off
Vintage Vanity / Writing Desk With Chair by Morris of California. Circa 1960s
By Morris of California
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Campaign Style Vanity / Writing Desk With Chair by Morris of California. Circa 1960s Features a white body with contrasting bright yellow drawers with brass hardware. In good...
Wood
Beautiful Art Deco Wrought Iron Vanity and Chair by Ferro Brandt
By Ferro Brandt
Located in Mount Penn, PA
Graceful 1930s wrought iron vanity with round mirror and original black glass top. Original round mirror on top rests in the half circle metal frame. Designed by Edgar Brandt's Ameri...
Unavailable
H 68.25 in W 44.25 in D 18 in
Mid 20th Century Mahogany Hepplewhite Vanity with Cheval Mirror and Side Chair
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Hepplewhite style three-piece vanity set, unbranded. Vanity is mahogany with brass hardware, a miter edge to the top, decorative carvings above the drawers, carved apron, and flare...
Brass
Birds eye Maple Dressing Table Mirror and Chair
Located in Scarsdale, NY
Tiger maple vanity and chair. Five deep drawers. Decorated carved mirror. The mirror is attached and in very good condition. The top and the drawers are birds eye maple. The apro...
French Art Deco Sycamore Dressing Table and Chair
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
A French Art Deco Sycamore dressing table and chair This sycamore dressing table has a raised gallery around the top, a double deep drawer on the left central drawer and two drawe...
Sycamore
Unavailable
H 49.61 in W 41.74 in D 20.87 in
Edwardian Hand-Painted Five-Drawer Dressing Table and Chair
Located in Selston, Nottinghamshire
Beautiful swing shield mirror on original fittings supported by finial turned supports Over a pair of raised ring drawers carried upon a pair of baluster turned columns Central...
Vanity Desk Postmodern 1980s Including Chair
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Unique sculptural postmodern vanity desk in cherry wood with chair included. Beautifull handcrafted details with sliding doors.
Cherry
'Dilly Dally' Modular Vanity Table and Chair
By Luigi Massoni, Poltrona Frau
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, 'Dilly Dally' vanity set, Metal, mirror, leatherette, fiberglass, Italy, 1968. Make-up table designed by the Italian designer Luigi Massoni in 196...
Metal
Danish Vanity Table and Chair, Svend Aage Madsen
By Svend Åge Madsen
Located in London, GB
An unusual Danish midcentury vanity table & matching chair by Svend Aage Madsen.
Teak
Sold
H 46.46 in W 36.23 in D 17.33 in
Italian Dressing Vanity Table and Chair of Brass and Glass, Illuminated, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous vanity or dressing table made of shiny brass, with glass shelf for deposing Creme and Parfum ecc.
Brass
Minimalist Danish Modern Vanity/Desk and Chair
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Very sleek set comprised of Vanity or Desk with matching chair. Top flips open to reveal storage compartments and attached concealed mirror. Danish Furniture Makers metal decal insid...
Teak
Swedish Painted Vanity or Desk and Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
A Swedish painted vanity or desk and chair. The Louis XVI styled legs supporting a center drawer flanked by two side drawers. The overall kidney-shaped desk with a glass top and a ca...
An Italian 1960's Plastic Vanity and Chair
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original compact 1960s Italian rolling plastic vanity and chair with a swivel mirror.
Plastic
Child's Rattan and Mahogany Vanity with Matching Chair
By Paul Frankl
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Mid-Century Modern vanity in rattan and mahogany features an attached circular mirror, five drawers for plenty of storage and a matching chair. This set was custom built for ...
Bamboo, Mahogany, Mirror, Rattan, Wicker
Vanity and chair, Poltrona Frau, Designer Luigi Massoni 1969
By Poltrona Frau, Luigi Massoni
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
A cylindrical vanity and chair ,both entirely upholstered with leather , When closed,the seat fits nicely under the vanity to form a gueridon . Reproduced : G. Gramigna, « 1950/198...
Leather, Plastic, Mirror
A Hollywood Regency Vanity and Chair attrtibuted to Kittinger
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A stylish take on the classic vanity, with personality to spare, this beautiful little chair is original to the vanity. The style features the classic greek key detail along with si...
Sold
H 70.25 in W 53.75 in D 19.5 in
Antique French Neoclassical Carved Walnut Vanity with Mirror and Chair
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French neoclassical vanity and chair features heavily carved walnut dressing table with rinceaux, chimera, draping garland and floral decoration, triptych mirror, and upholst...
Mirror, Walnut
Sold
H 51.19 in Dm 19.69 in
Silvi Vanity Table on Wheels and Chair from Studio Kastilia, 1970s, Set of 2
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
“Silvi” model dressing table, cylindrical body in plastic material containing a chair with padded seat and backrest covered in fabric, a tilting extactable mirror and storage space, ...
Plastic
Gio Ponti Vanity and chair from the Royal Hotel Naples
Located in New York, NY
One on the most famous pieces from the great Italian Architect from the Royal Hotel in Naples built by Dassi. Pear wood. Round mirror with brass frame rotating in all directions exec...
Hollywood Regency Vanity Desk with Mirror and Chair in Swedish Fashion
Located in Stamford, CT
A Hollywood Regency vanity desk with mirror and chair in Swedish Fashion. This Louis XVI style vanity desk has five drawers and an oval detachable mirror with a matching chair. The w...
Wood
Maison Jansen Vanity Marble Top and Brass Sconces with Matching Chair
By Maison Jansen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maison Jansen brass vanity impeccably design with beautiful brass details. The piece has attached brass framed mirror with attached sconces. This piece also includes a chair, also be...
Carrara Marble, Brass
Vintage Bamboo Vanity Table Set, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Vintage bamboo vanity table set with a mirror and chair. In the manner of Vivai del Sud.
Bamboo
Sold
H 28.75 in W 32.68 in D 16.93 in
Scandinavian Lady Desk with Vanity Mirror and Chair by Sörheim Bruk, Norway
By Sorheim Bruk
Located in Bochum, NRW
A beautiful lady teak desk / dresser table, having a flip up vanity mirror, and two left side drawers.
Faux Leather, Oak, Teak
Sold
H 29.25 in W 49.75 in D 18 in
Romweber French Provincial Louis XV Burl Wood Vanity and Chair, Circa 1920s
By Romweber Furniture Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style vanity or writing desk with matching chair By Romweber USA, Circa 1920s Stunning book-matched exotic burled Acacia wood, with carve...
Brass
Vintage Bamboo Vanity Table with Mirror, 1960s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Charming mid century bamboo vanity table with mirror, chair and stool made from bamboo and rattan.
Bamboo, Rattan
Sold
H 30 in W 47 in D 18.5 in
Art Deco Style Vanity Mirror and Chair by Rway Northern Furniture Co. Sheboygan
By RWAY
Located in Topeka, KS
Beautiful Art Deco style vanity or dressing table with mirror and chair made by the Rway Northern Furniture Company of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Mahogany
1950s Italian Brass Dressing-Table and Chair
Located in London, GB
Wonderful brass dressing-table with matching chair, the table with integral triptych mirror and original 1950s embroidered patterned textile, the brass chair upholstered in grey-gree...
Brass
Italian Dressing Table and Chair, brass and glass, circa 1950s
Located in London, Fitzrovia
The dressing table lights up underneath the glass shelves. It has a fixed pivoting mirror. The seat of the brass chair might need recovering. For shipping purposes, the dressing tabl...
Brass
Vintage French Louie 15th Style Dressing Table And Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely, diminutive vintage 1940’s French figured mahogany ladies vanity with lift up lid, mirror and upholstered interior. One drawer with gilt bronze pull. Along with a 19th centu...
Fabric, Mirror, Walnut, Mahogany
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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