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Vanities For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1920s
Gio Ponti for Giordano Chiesa Vanity Table with Mirror from Hotel Royal, Naples
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti for Giordano Chiesa rare and original vanity / dressing table or desk with attached original Fontana Arte round mirror for the Hote...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
ANTIQUE 1920'S BURR WALNUT ART DECO DRESSING TABLE WiTH PLENTY OF DRAWERS
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
We are delighted to offer for sale This Exquisite Antique 1920s Burr Walnut Art Deco Dressing Table.
Is a stunning example of the craftsmanship and design aes...
Category
20th Century British Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Geraldo de Barros Vanity desk, 1955
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vanity Desk by Geraldo de Barros
Manufactured by Unilabor Brasil, 1955 Iron, jacaranda, mirror
Measurements
128 cm x 43 cm x 83h cm (149h cm mirror included)
50,39 in x 16,92 in x ...
Category
1950s Brazilian Vintage Vanities
Materials
Iron
Vanity by Gabetti et Isola, Drocco and Arbo, Italy 1970
Located in Berlin, DE
Dressing Table / Vanity Table by Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola, produced by ARBO, Italy. Walnut, chrome-plated steel, mirror and lacquered wood.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Vanities
Materials
Chrome
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Restored Dilly Dally Vanity Set Mint Green
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau, restored ‘Dilly Dally’ vanity set, fabric, plastic, brass, mirrored glass, metal, lacquered wood, Italy, 1968
Outstandin...
Category
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early Mid-century Combed Wood Vanity by Paul Frankl for Brown Saltman w/ Mirror
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-century vanity with matching stool by Paul Frankl for Brown Saltman company features his trademark combed wood sides with curled brass pulls. The Vanity includes two convex...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Widdicomb Chicago Worlds Fair Illuminated Vanity
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted and thought out designed vanity from the Art Deco period a tall illuminated mirror with side switch and swing out pedestals on chromed rods and the original stool . To each side of the mirror there is a pedestal one open and to the other a pivoting top with a storage bin the top making a small table . Two smaller drawers and a lower larger door having aluminum and Bakelite pulls . The piece has burl wood , walnut and maple wood mixed on to different surfaces to create a high end rich feel of luxury . Manufactured by the Ralph H. Widdicomb furniture company and one like this rare example was featured in the 1933 Chicago...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Bakelite, Maple, Walnut, Burl
Freestanding Vanity / dressing table in Teak by Erik Riisager Hansen, 1950's
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Freestanding Vanity in Teak by Erik Riisager Hansen, 1950's
Additional Information:
Material: Teak
Style: Mid century, Scandinavia
Produced by Has...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Vanities
Materials
Teak
Danish Vanity Table or Desk in Teak by Kurt Østervig, Denmark
Located in Karlstad, SE
A desk or vanity table in teak by Kurt Østervig, Denmark, 1950s.
Small desk with exciting details. The drawers have beautifully carved handles. On the tabletop is a jewelry box with...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wicker Dressing Table / Desk with Stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage wicker dressing table / writing table with stool. It is oval shaped with a raised galleried back. There is one center drawer. This very ...
Category
20th Century Vanities
Materials
Wicker
Edwardian Mahogany Dressing table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
J043 Edwardian mahogany dressing table with bevelled edge mirror and carved supports, terminating in two small drawers above a moulded top and 2 frieze drawers, fitted with original ...
Category
Early 20th Century Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
1950's Vanity with Mirror & Lacquer Finish
Located in Fulton, CA
Glamorous lacquered dressing vanity / dresser with contrasting colors of black and yellow. Large mirror for dressing, glass top surface for durability. Three drawers and two drop-dow...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Room '56 dressing table by Rob Parry for Dico, The Netherlands 1950's
By Rob Parry
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This rare dressing table was designed by Rob Parry for the former and renowned Dutch bed manufacturer DICO in the 1950's. This piece was part of the 'Kamer 56' (translated: Room '56)...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Modern Lucite Chrome and Brass Vanity Table Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian Mid-Century Modern Lucite chrome and brass vanity table mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Space Age White Italy Dresser Vanity Table Lacquer Wood Fibreglass
By MB Italy
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind dressing table, space age style, 70s, with great influence of Art Deco aesthetics.
In white lacquered wood, with a black marble effect fiberglass top. Large circular mirror in the upper part and the storage part is divided into two drawers on each side.
With lighting in the upper and lower fin shapes.
A piece of great sophistication and glamour, very difficult to find.
It has a plate with the name of the Italian manufacturer DBM.
The period known as the Space Age or Space Age was the post Atomic Age, that is, the late 50's and early 70's. It is part of the “stylings” that reigned in the US during the 20th century.
The concept of an optimistic world based on a possible "Earth of Tomorrow" reigned by the dominance of atomic energy and space travel.
This "Styling" is inspired by the North American space race, but above all, the aesthetics based on Science Fiction, space satellites, helmets, ships, the effect of weightlessness and a "cinematic" proposal of a new style. of life of the future. Movies like Barbarella 1968, James Bond, Space Odyssey 2001...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Fiberglass, Wood, Lacquer
Lady’s Desk or Vanity in Mahogany, Czechoslovakia, 1970s
By Up Závody
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful midcentury desk, originally used as a desk for a lady, or vanity in the bedroom. The table is elegant combination of lighter birch wood on the sides and mahogany wood on to...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
Antique mahogany mirrored vanity with brass hardware by widdicomb
Located in Freehold, NJ
This antique mirrored vanity by Widdicomb features hardwood construction, beautiful mahogany veneer with newer finish, five dovetailed drawers with brass accented hardware, mounted m...
Category
1930s American American Classical Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
1950s Mid Century Vanity by Heywood Wakefield
Located in North Hollywood, CA
✨ Mid-Century Modern Maple Vanity by Heywood-Wakefield ✨
Crafted in the 1950s, this American-made vanity by Heywood-Wakefield is a dreamy blend of form and function. With its signat...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Glass, Maple
1950s Dressing table folding mirror Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice dressing table . All original . The light Yellow ,so typical
1950s . Folding mirrors . Metal legs . Manufactured by Vroomshoop .
Holland 195...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
French Oak Dressing Table with Mirror
Located in Evergreen, CO
Get ready to start your day or night out at this stunning, oak dressing table from France. Crafted in the early 20th century, it has a wealth of detail in its elegant design. Its thr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Vanities
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Vanity
Located in Weesp, NL
Jatoba vanity Mid-Century Modern
Very elegant 1970s dressing table made of beautiful coromandel/ebony wood fineer.
Coromandel also called Macassar...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Single Bronze Vitrine Nightstand with Glass Door and Drawer
Located in Miami, FL
20th century single bronze nightstand with glass door and drawers.
This bronze or glass vitrine cabinet or nightstand is simply stunning and constructed of the finest quality. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Bronze
Scandinavian Danish modern rosewood vanity with flip up Mirror by Brouer
By Brouer Mobel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Scandinavian Danish modern rosewood vanity with flip up Mirror by Brouer. Danish modern rosewood vanity mirror flip up lid large interior storage area with a (4) compartment sliding ...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Birch, Rosewood
Fine Italian Deco Console/Vanity Table With Brass Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
A pristine Deco Italian console table with modified brass shield-shaped mirror. The console or vanity table shown with a black glass top with rounded clover edges above three maho...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
High Quality Italian Dressing Table, 1950s
Located in Medesano, Parma
This high quality Dressing Table was designed by Italian designer Vittorio Dassi, and produced in Italy in 1950s. The dressing table set is composed of 3 pieces: the main piece of fu...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Metal
Antique Dressing Table, Northern Europe, circa 1920
Located in Chorzów, PL
Dressing table from the beginning of the 20th century. The furniture is preserved in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 159 cm / width 142 cm /...
Category
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Vanities
Materials
Walnut
Rare Osvaldo Borsani Vanity Table in Maple with Mirrors and Built-in Lights
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Osvaldo Borsani for Arredamenti Borsani Varedo, dressing table, model '6142', maple, brass, mirrored glass, lacquered wood, Italy, 1943
An exquisite and truly exceptional vanity table designed by the Italian Osvaldo Borsani, dating back to around 1943. This rare gem encapsulates the quintessence of Borsani's design ethos: elegant and graceful proportions, fine materials, and unique constellations. Crafted from warm-toned maple, every detail speaks of refinement, from the intricately carved legs adorned with graphic white lines to the kidney-shaped top embellished with a mirrored surface, reflecting one's cherished objects with finesse. An outstanding element is the trio of individual rectangular mirrors with softly rounded contours, equipped with built-in lamps executed within a brass framework, their crown sockets gracefully encircling the lightbulbs. These mirrors are affixed to a maple panel punctuated by three characteristic holes, a signature touch of Borsani. A discreet drawer offers practical storage while maintaining the table's sleek aesthetic. In every aspect, this table attests to Borsani's masterful ability to strike the perfect balance between the orante elegance of Art Deco and the daring approach towards materiality and streamlined functionality of Modernism.
Osvaldo Borsani (1911-1985) was an Italian designer and architect, raised by a family of fine furniture makers in Varedo. At the age of 16, he joined his father’s furniture shop, the Atelier di Varedo, which was fully engaged in designing and furnishing homes inspired by the Italian Art Deco movement. The designer of the atelier was the Italian architect Gino Maggioni (1898-1955) who was known for his Viennese Jugendstil orientation of the early 20th century. In the 1930s, he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and Politecnico di Milano, where he studied Fine Arts and Architecture respectively. In 1932, the family company was renamed ‘Arredamenti Borsani’ and opened its first studio in Milan. During this period, he encountered Avant-Garde artists of various artistic disciplines like Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Agenore Fabbri (1911-1998), Aligi Sassu (1912-2000), Roberto Crippa (1921-1972), Fausto Melotti (1901-1986), Arnaldo Pomodoro (1926-) and Giò Pomodoro (1930-2002). These collaborations resulted in the creation of furniture and interior design projects with a high-level of craftsmanship and artistry. In 1953, Borsani founded together with his twin brother Fulgenzio Borsani ‘Tecno’, a design and manufacturing company that produced items based on mechanical innovations and refined technicality. The ‘P40’ adjustable lounge chair (1953) has become the ideological manifesto of Borsani's Tecno program, and still remains the best known, exemplary piece in the Tecno catalogue. Other iconic works that were produced by Tecno were created by Gio Ponti (1891-1979), Vico cham...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
Vintage German Modern Rosewood Desk with Drawers and Shelf
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Unique German Modern rosewood desk by Moser. It is quite uncommon to find German furniture here in the states. This piece was likely brought to America by someone in the military. Mo...
Category
1970s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Teak Dressing Table
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An Art Deco teak dressing table featuring a beveled mirror at the center. The dresser is designed with a pair of central drawers and side door compartments, combining functionality ...
Category
20th Century Indian Art Deco Vanities
Materials
Teak
French Art Deco Vanity att. Jacques Adnet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning vintage art deco triptych illuminated vanity features a mirror on base by Miroir-Brot, France. Attributed to French art deco modernist ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Art Deco French Mirrored Vanity on Serpentine Legs with Tri-Fold Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This stunning Art Deco French mirrored vanity is a testament to the elegance and sophistication of the era. The mirrored glass covering much of its surface creates a sense of spaciou...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Hollywood Regency Gilt Metal Rope-Tied Mirrored Vanity with Chair on Casters
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Glamorous Italian-style gilt metal vanity with mirrored surface and attachable mirror manufactured by Townhome Originals (ca. 1970s, California, USA).
Vanity has been paired with a matching, diminutive, gilt-metal vanity chair on casters...
Category
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Vanities
Materials
Metal, Brass
Danish Design Teak Dressing Table, 1960s
Located in Breda, Netherlands
Danish Design Dressing Table
What a showpiece! This Danish dressing table is made of teak and is in very good vintage condition. Expertly crafted from high-quality teak and designed ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Teak
Art Deco Vanity with Large Round Mirror
Located in North Bergen, NJ
Spectacular Art Deco vanity with large round mirror from the 1920s. having a cabinet door to the right with silver hardware and removable glass counter.
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mirror
Art Deco Mahogany Vanity Dresser With Mirror
By Beautility
Located in Pasadena, TX
An Art Deco vanity made by Beautility featuring beautifully grained mahogany and a stylish flowing design. The dresser comprises of mirror, two large drawers,a jewelery drawer and t...
Category
1940s British Art Deco Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
Brass Vanity Table and Chair by Luigi Brusotti, Italy, 1950s
Located in Greding, DE
Elegant kidney-shaped brass vanity table featuring two glass surfaces, partially frosted and adorned with a star-shaped design. The shield-shaped mirror is mounted on a swivel frame,...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
Superb 19th Century French Empire Neoclassical Mahogany Dressing Table Vanity
Located in Hopewell, NJ
This exceptional French 19th century Empire mahogany dressing table is complete with its original mercury glass mirror and white Carrara marble top. The oval mirror is framed with be...
Category
1940s French Empire Vintage Vanities
Materials
Ormolu
Mid-Century Modern Mirrored Vanity Table after Alvar Aalto design for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Unique, petite single drawer vanity and mirror after the design of Alvar Aalto for Artek.
It's simplistic design is stunning.
Circa 1960's, this piece is constructed using natural B...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Early American Antique Tiger Oak Mirrored Dresser or Vanity Table - 1900s Kansas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning example of early American mission-style furniture. This piece is created from Tiger Oak and features three low drawers with a locking mechanism. The top is solid oak often...
Category
Early 1900s American Mission Antique Vanities
Materials
Metal
1900s Vanity Console Art Nouveau with Original Beveled Mirror in Walnut and Burl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century, antique vanity or entry console, oscillating beveled mirror, Art Nouveau, in walnut and burl walnut, restored and polished to wax.
Measures cm: H 153, W 110, D...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Vanities
Materials
Walnut, Burl, Mirror
Mahogany dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany dressing table of small proportions, the shield-shaped bevelled mirror. Flanked by short drawers to each side above the figured mahogany top. The base section is fitted with...
Category
Early 20th Century British Vanities
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Vanity In With Brass Details And Side-Panel Mirrors
Located in Roma, RM
Chair + Mid-Century Vanity In Wood, Bamboo, And Vienna Straw With Brass Details And Side-Panel Mirrors
Product Details
Vanity Dimensions: 80 W x 80 / 150 H x 39 D cm
Chair Dimensions...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Vanities
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Spanish Carved Walnut Console Table
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th century Spanish carved walnut console table with two drawers and green marble top.
This early 20th century Spanish Console tabl...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Vanities
Materials
Marble
Ikea Vanity 1950s Sweden
By IKEA
Located in Den Haag, NL
Must love this vanity so typical 1950s .Made by Ikea, Möbler. In the 1950s
just a small Furniture seller in Sweden. This Little Vanity comes with Three drawers on top and one larger drawer on the right and on the left a pull down door, one original key .
On top holding in a Brass fitting a oval tilting...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
Early XXth Century French Dressing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn5533 Elegant early 20th century kidney shaped dressing table in mahogany, having an oval swing mirror on scrolling foliage supports fitted with lights in a rose petal glass shades ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Vanities
Materials
Mahogany
1940s Antique Vanity Baroque Spanish, Dressing Table, Hand Carved Walnut & Burl
Located in Miami, FL
Signed by Mariano Garcia.
Early 20th century, antique vanity or entrance console, available entry mirror on a hand carved walnut frame, with a gold leaf surface finish. Venetian Baro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Vanities
Materials
Wood
1910s Antique Vanity Art Nouveau with Original Beveled Mirror in Walnut and Burl
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century, antique vanity or entrance console, oscillating entrance beveled mirror, Art Nouveau, in walnut and burl walnut, restored and polished to wax.
Measures cm: H 1...
Category
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Vanities
Materials
Burl, Mirror, Walnut
Mahogany inlaid dressing table
Located in Cheshire, GB
Mahogany dressing table, the oval framed bevelled mirror supported on raised superstructure fitted with two short drawers. To the large rectangular well-figured and inlaid top having...
Category
Early 20th Century British Vanities
Materials
Wood
French Washstand / Vanity in Oak Louis Philippe Style
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
French Washstand in Oak Louis Philippe Style
A delightful small solid oak washstand from south-west France featuring an inset variegated grey and wh...
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis Philippe Vanities
Materials
Marble, Brass
Petite Vanity/Writing Table with Stool Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage mahogany vanity/writing table with corresponding naugahyde stool designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar (ca. 1950s, Indiana, USA).
Angu...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Naugahyde, Laminate, Mahogany
Modernist Vanity Table in Lucite & Mirrored Glass
Located in New York, NY
This Modernist Vanity, originating from the United States, circa 1970. is a unique and elegant example of modernist design. Constructed in Lucite and mirror glass, the piece exemplifies Mid-Century Modernism in its use of minimal, sleek and transparent materials. Elegant curved supports bend to create the top surface of the desk with a mirrored front drawer that opens to reveal a spacious interior for possessions of your choosing. A floating vanity...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Mirror, Lucite
Danish Dressing Table in Navy Blue Leather and Red Lacquered Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dressing table, leather, glass, wood, Denmark, 1940s.
With a dark blue leather surface with red lines this dressing table has a rare texture and appearance. The front with two stora...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood
1930s Antique White Neoclassical Writing Table or Vanity
Located in Stamford, CT
1930s neoclassical writing table or vanity table. Newly painted in an antique white finish. New vintage brass ring pulls have overall unpolish...
Category
1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Vanities
Materials
Wood
Antique English Blue Guilloche' Enamel Dresser Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique guilloche enamel dresser set comprised of a hand mirror, hair brush, lint brush, 3 bottles and a lidded perfume bottle. The pieces with a vi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Vanities
Materials
Metal, Other
Mid-Century Modern Vanity Table in Dark Brown Veneer, Hidden Mirror Compartment
Located in Sofia, BG
This midcentury vanity table is made in dark brown veneer with a metal front line.
The middle part of the top opens to reveal a hidden compar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Mirrored Dressing Table in Sycamore and Walnut, France, circa 1950
Located in London, GB
Midcentury mirrored dressing table in sycamore and walnut, France, circa 1950.
The vanity table has a large trifold mirror. Two central drawers flanked by a cupboard on either side, ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vanities
Materials
Brass
Rare Gilbert Rohde Macassar Ebony Table model #3773
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Gilbert Rohde Dressing Table Manufactured by Herman Miller 1937
Can be used as a Vanity or a desk
Beautiful Grain pattern to Maccasar Ebony
Original surface to Nickel Plated Metal...
Category
1930s North American Vintage Vanities
Materials
Macassar
Custom Serpentine Etched Mirrored “Harlow” Vanity from Nancy Corzine
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Superb serpentine form vanity with etched decoration under the mirrored surfaces. The frieze with two short drawers with etched ribbon garlands with bows and tassels, flanking a cent...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Vanities
Materials
Mirror
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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