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Vanities For Sale
Style: Scandinavian Modern
Style: Louis XV
French 19th Century Louis XV St. Tulipwood, Kingwood And Ormolu Vanity Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XV st. Tulipwood, Kingwood and Ormolu vanity table, attributed to François Linke. The vanity is raised by elegant a...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
French Louis XV Style Marquetry & Gilt Bronze-Mounted Secretary Desk with Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century Louis XV style tulipwood and mahogany marquetry gilt bronze-mounted petit-bureau de dame (secretary). The bombe´ structure surmounted by a pair o...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Bronze
$12,950 Sale Price
31% Off
French Louis XV Style Bleached Dressing Table
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) bleached dressing table with 3 drawers.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Wood
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
Finest Linke Style Antique Ladies Vanity with Porcelain Plaques Bronze Figures
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is ann absolutely incredible well designed and luxuriously appointed French ladies vanity in the manner of Francois Linke. The vanity has a beautiful contratsinting rosewood and...
Category
1890s French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Bronze
Louis XV Style Writing Desk with Serpentine Legs Painted with Gold Highlights
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XV style writing desk made by La Maison London.
Painted in a French grey with gold highlights.
mounted on Serpentine legs with decorative bronz...
Category
2010s British Louis XV Vanities
Materials
Bronze
Danish Modern Petite Vanity with Draw Leaf and Mirrored Tray
Located in Freehold, NJ
This Danish modern petite vanity features hardwood construction, teak veneer with original finish, three small dovetailed drawers up top, draw leaf surface in the middle, three larger dovetailed drawers below, there is a unique pull-out mirrored tray table...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Teak, Mirror
$1,137 Sale Price
50% Off
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
$9,723
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.
Category
1760s French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Tulipwood
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Rosewood
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
Skive - Ribbed Marble Double Basin - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Skive Ribbed Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$5,101 / item
Njord - Ribbed Marble - Double Basin Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine
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
Raya - Ribbed Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Ribbed Rava Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniqu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,672 / item
French Louis XV Style Kingwood Desk with Sèvres Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) kingwood lady's desk with Sevres porcelain panels and bronze trimmed gallery.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Maison Alphonse Giroux Paris French Louis XV Vanity Table Sewing Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Maison Alphonse Giroux Paris French Louis XV Style Vanity Table Sewing Stand. Item features a shaped glass top, signed "Alph. Giroux S Cie Paris" by Maison Alphonse Giroux, b...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gilt Bronze and Porcelain Mounted Dressing and Writing Cabinet
Located in London, GB
Antique gilt bronze and porcelain mounted dressing and writing cabinet
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 100cm, width 44cm, depth 38cm
This elegant cabinet functions as both a vanity and a writing table. The cabinet features a rectangular upper section finished with fine veneered wood. Each side of the top is centred with an oval porcelain plaque portraying flowers, while the corners feature gilt bronze figure mounts. The top of the cabinet hinges...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Vanities
Materials
Ormolu
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
Skadi - Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique veini...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$4,200 / item
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
$7,801 Sale Price
20% Off
Romweber French Provincial Louis XV Burl Wood Vanity, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional French Provincial Louis XV style vanity or writing desk
By Romweber
USA, Circa 1920s
Stunning book-matched exotic burled Narra wood, with carved cabriole legs, and ...
Category
1920s American Louis XV Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
Raya - Ribbed Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Ribbed Rava Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniqu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - 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
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
Vanity With Bulit In Drawers & Mirror Made In Light Mahogany From 1920s
Located in Lejre, DK
Dressing table with built-in drawers and mirror, made of light mahogany and designed in the Louis XV style from the 1920s. The table has curved legs, decorative carvings and classic ...
Category
1920s Danish Louis XV Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - Grey Galaxy - 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
Lyke -Wall-Mounted Double Basin Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Our Lyke Dual Basin floating vanity features a beautiful veined marble that adds depth and character to your bathroom aesthetics. The exterior is crafted entirely from premium marble...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Double Basin 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
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - Beige Travertine
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
Skadi - Marble Basin - White Carrara - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique veini...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,480 / item
Skive - Ribbed Marble Basin - White Carrara - Large
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
$4,320 / item
Raya - Ribbed Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - Small
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Ribbed Rava Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniqu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$2,519 / item
Louis XV Marquetry Mirrored and Galleried Bonheur Du Jour Ladies' Bureau Vanity
Located in Germantown, MD
A Louis XV Style Tiered Mahogany and Kingwood Marquetry, Mirrored and Galleried Bonheur Du Jour Ladies' Bureau, Vanity or dressing table with brass mounts.
Measures 25" in width, 17...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Louis XV Vanities
Materials
Brass
$1,396 Sale Price
30% Off
Unique Cabinetmaker Rosewood Dressing Table Made in Denmark circa 1950
Located in London, GB
Freestanding Brazilian rosewood lady's desk, frame with oblique stretchers. Front with two drawers, above pull-out writing leaf. Top with three drawers, room for storage and two cabi...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Rosewood
$7,940 Sale Price
60% Off
Vintage wooden dressing table
Located in Brescia, IT
Vintage 1960s white-painted wooden dressing table with swivel mirror.
Featuring a top with rounded corners and long tapered legs this dressing table has incorporated a convenient sw...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
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
Skadi - Double Marble Basin - White Carrara
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,240 / item
Skadi - Double Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$5,161 / item
Skadi - Marble Basin - White Cararra - Medium
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique veini...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$2,808 / item
Raya - Ribbed Marble - Double Basin - Calcatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Ribbed Raya Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$6,001 / item
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
Raya - Ribbed Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy - Small
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our beautiful Ribbed Rava Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a uniqu...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$2,519 / item
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
Luca - Ribbed Marble Double Basin - Calacatta Viola
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our Ribbed Marble Double Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a unique visual...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$6,001 / item
Lyke - Wall-Mounted Bathroom Vanity - Calacatta Viola - 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
Skadi - Double Marble Basin - Beige Travertine
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,240 / item
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 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
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
$7,562 / item
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
Luca - Ribbed Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - Large
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Accentuate your bathroom space with our Ribbed Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. The beautiful ribbed detailing creates a unique visual appeal...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,672 / item
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
$5,917 / item
Njord - Ribbed Marble Bathroom Vanity - White Carrara
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
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
Skive - Ribbed Marble Basin - Calacatta Viola - 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
Maiken - Square 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
$1,199 / item
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
$12,724 / item
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
Skadi - Double Marble Basin - Grey Galaxy
By NORDST
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elevate your bathroom space with our rectangular Skadi Dual Marble Basin, a perfect fusion of minimalist design and natural elegance. Its smooth, honed surface highlights the unique ...
Category
2010s Portuguese Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Marble
$3,780 / item
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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