Italian Vanities

This is a gorgeous hand-painted vanity. The Vanity is painted in a delightful white with many other soft hues for a feminine feel. The vanity 31 wide x 14 deep x 29 tall and has norm...

Beautiful Hollywood regency ladys vanity with gold frame and silver mirrored panels. There is age and patina to the finish of the frame and to the mirrore...

18th century, Italian Louis XV Lacquered Wood Vanity Dressing Cabinet The vanity dressing cabinet was made in Italy in Genoa around the middle of the eighteenth century, Louis XV. Very elegant and refined, the cabinet has a wooden structure entirely lacquered and painted with floral decorations in shades of blue. The top opens with three flap doors: in the center the door has a mirror inside, while laterally there are two large compartments, lined with precious marbled paper. On the front there are three drawers, one central and two side, all lined with marbled paper. The four legs are moved and arched giving gracefulness to the overall architecture. The manufacture of marbled paper is very old, born in Japan in the twelfth century. It first spread to Persia and Turkey, where it was mainly used for the decoration of manuscripts, then, thanks to Western merchants and their contacts with the Middle East, it spread to the whole West: at that time, in fact, the production of marbled paper intensified to become the preferred technique for lining the inside of boxes then imported into Europe. It was thanks to the trade of Arab merchants that a link between the two cultures was created. During the sixteenth century it conquered and fascinated the whole of Europe where it was defined marbled paper (carta marmorizzata in Italy, paper marbré in France) by the obvious similarity with the veins of marble. Marbled paper is an ancient technique (it has its roots in Chinese craftsmanship of the 8th Century) as well as laborious and delicate and was used mainly in the bookbinding of ancient books...

Flip up mirror. Two drawers. Measures: 30" H x 34" W x 16 1/4" D.

Early 20th century Italian inlaid vanity with original mirror and gilt bronze mounts and ring pulls. Drawers are finished with a dovetail, and has a white lining that can be removed ...

Italian Louis XV style painted writing / vanity table, circa 1920s. A nice cheerful table to brighten up your home. Knee hole dimensions...

Rare and fine quality Italian Louis XV style 1950s dressing table with stool in inlay wood. The table has a particular legs slender. Fine flo...

Early 20th century Italian inlaid vanity with original mirror and gilt bronze mounts and ring pulls. Drawers are finished with a dovetail, and has a white lining that can be removed ...

Italian Louis XV bow back walnut desk / vanity with doors and drawers, early 19th century. The bow back design on the back of this desk is unusual. The wood has excellent original co...