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Vanities For Sale
Skive - Ribbed Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Skive Ribbed Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniq...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Skive - Ribbed Marble Basin - White Carrara - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Skive Ribbed Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniq...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Skive - Ribbed Marble Basin - Beige Travertine - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Skive Ribbed Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniq...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Maiken - Round Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our honed marble basin seamlessly blends classic charm with modern style, making it an ideal choice for elevating your bathroom into a refined and curated space. Crafted with the tim...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Maiken - Round Marble Basin - Beige Travertine
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our honed marble basin seamlessly blends classic charm with modern style, making it an ideal choice for elevating your bathroom into a refined and curated space. Crafted with the tim...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Antique French Mahogany and Kingwood Dresser, circa 1890s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French mahogany and kingwood dresser, circa 1890s.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vanities
Materials
Kingwood, Mahogany
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful, veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful, veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Georgian Regency Mahogany Dressing Table Swing Mirror Toilet with Lions Heads
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Antique Georgian Regency inlaid mahogany swing dressing table or toilet mirror with stunning lion head pulls and barley twist mirror supports. This...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
French Art Deco Petit Dressing Table
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ART DECO DRESSING TABLE
A beautiful French Art Deco lift-up lid dressing table, a stunning piece crafted from solid walnut. The intricate carved details showcase the artistry of its...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Art Deco Dressing Table by Rambaudi-Dantoine
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
This 1930’s Art Deco desk was produced in France by Rambaudi-Dantoine in sycamore. It has a central well with shelf that is accessed by sliding the top sides out, it has four drawers...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Sycamore
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics.
The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics.
The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics.
The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke floating vanity features a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics.
The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble, with the...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Double Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The ex...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Double Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The ex...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Double Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The ex...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Double Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Bathroom Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The ex...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafte...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafted en...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Orca - Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Orca Marble Vanity, featuring a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafted en...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble - Double Basin Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterio...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble - Double Basin Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterio...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble - Double Basin Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Dual Basin Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterio...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafte...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafte...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafte...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Enhance your bathroom with our luxurious Njord Marble Vanity, featuring a beautifully ribbed texture that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafte...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens Free-standing Marble Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Antique Vanity Dresser in Gustavian Style
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chest of drawers with vanity mirror in birch. The Gustavian gray painted finish has a nicely worn patina. Chest has four spacious drawers;...
Category
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Vanities
Materials
Birch
Art Deco Machine Age Double Sided Theater Dressing Room Table, Vanity Mirror
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco machine age double-sided theater dressing room table, vanity mirror, elegant and super stylish, amazing detailing. Tubular chrome and birc...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Chrome
LXV Style Dressing Table
Located in London, Park Royal
Made in the French LXV style, this dressing table has been hand carved in solid wood, featuring the ornamental shell of the Rococo period. The design integrates a large adjustable mi...
Category
2010s British Louis XV Vanities
Materials
Wood
Antique French Walnut Vanity Table with Mirror, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Walnut Vanity Table with Mirror, Circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Vanities
Materials
Walnut, Mirror
Assens - Marble Basin - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens - Marble Basin - Beige Travertine - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens - Marble Basin - White Carrara - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens - Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy- Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Assens - Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
"The Assens is a luxurious marble basin featuring a sleek backsplash, seamlessly blending modern and traditional design elements. Its beveled edges and geometric shape create a refin...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Batiful Vanity Unit Toeletta Desk Lacquered, External Legs in Tiny Mosaic
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’.
The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality.
A constant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Other Vanities
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Dressing Table
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
A French Art Deco dressing table in flame mahogany, with full length shaped top bevelled cheval mirror that is angle adjustable with sil...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Biedermeier Cherrywood Oval Vanity Table & Stool - 2 Piece
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Biedermeier Cherrywood Oval Vanity Table & Stool - 2 Piece
This antique Biedermeier vanity table has one drawer and an oval swing mirror with a silk upholstered back. The mi...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Cherry
Restored 19th Century Alfred Beurdeley French Louis XV Coiffeuse Dressing Table
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 Coiffeuse table I have ever seen. The marquetry inlay can only really be the work Alfred Beurdeley, it is sublime, musical and floral, all things he was well known for. Additionally the timber is King and tulip wood, walnut and mahogany, all materials he used when creating his marquetry masterpieces
This table has been fully restored as mentioned, there were over 50 pieces of veneer missing, they have all been timber matched, replaced, stained and then the whole thing French polished from the ground up
Dimensions
Height:- 70cm
Width:- 82.5cm
Depth:- 46.5cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point
Alfred Beurdeley, 1847-1919
Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 1847
Place of Birth: Paris
Place of Death: Paris
Identity: Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley was a collector who came from a family of cabinetmakers, antique dealers and collectors. He was the illegitimate son of Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808–82). His grandfather, Jean Beurdeley (1772–1853), who served in Napoleon's army, opened a small antique shop in the Marais district of Paris. In 1830 he bought the Pavillon de Hanovre, 28 Boulevard des Italiens, which became the Beurdeley firm's principal gallery until 1894. L.-A.-A. Beurdeley dealt in antiques and works of art and was also a cabinetmaker specializing in reproductions of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture. His clients included Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie.
Life: In 1875 E.-A. Beurdeley took over his family's gallery and workshops and until 1894 concentrated on continuing the line of luxury furniture sold by his father. He was one of the most important Parisian cabinetmakers, and won a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878. He was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1893 following the Universal Exhibition in Amsterdam. In 1895 he closed the Pavillon de Hanovre and retired to his hôtel in the Rue de Clichy. The rest of his life was spent acquiring and selling enormous collections of furniture, Chinese porcelain, paintings and drawings, including an extraordinary group of eighteenth century French drawings by François Boucher, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Nicolas Lancret and Antoine Watteau in 1905. He also owned JW's La Dormeuse...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Telephone Cabinet by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An ebonized and polished dark mahogany telephone cabinet or vanity table having a storage drawer and an innovative fold-out bench.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
1950's Stitched leather vanity table by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched Leatherette vanity
designed by Jacques Adnet
Category
1950s French Vintage Vanities
Materials
Leather
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 fri...
Category
19th Century French Antique Vanities
Materials
Wood
Victorian Rosewood Octagonal Needlework Table
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian rosewood octagonal needlework table, with hinged lid, tapered centre column & three carved cabriole legs and Boxwood Marquetry featuring G...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Vanities
Materials
Boxwood, Rosewood
Vintage, New and Antique Vanities
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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