Pink Guilloché Vanity Set, 1936

This charming set of brushes and jars was once used by a well-to-do lady to store her cosmetics and maintain an elegant updo hairstyle. Also known as a toilet service...

This calendar advertisement poster for White Horse cigarettes was produced by Hu Boxiang, a famous commercial advertising artist in Shanghai during the 1920s-1930s. Framed in a highly ornate floral border, a fashionable woman poses while gathering plum blossoms, emblems of winter and eternal beauty. Dressed in a traditional qipao but with Western hairstyle and accessories, the woman reflects the rising influence of Western advertising and the Art Deco movement during the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai. Beneath this scene is a calendar for the year 1936, surrounded by packs of prominent cigarette brands...

In the 1930s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeating ...

Taking months or even years to create, this antique area rug from the 1920s is hand-knotted of soft wool colored by natural dyes in a pastel palette of pink, tan, gold and off-white....

Italy Art Nouveau vanity in massive walnut and veneer walnut, all original, vax polished. Beautiful and useful as an entrance mirror furniture for it...

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...

Burl Wood Biedermeier dressing table mirror matching chair cane seat new cushion upholstery mint! Dovetail drawers design. Chair dimension...

Guglielmo Ulrich manner desk and dressing table; Desk in walnut, elm and elm burl. Feet in golden brass A wonderful and very useful desk repr...