Dressing Table

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What is it?
The terms "dressing table" and "vanity table" are often used interchangeably.
Is a place where a person, generally a female, applies her "toilette." A toilette is a French word for theprocesses of grooming, fixing one's hair, putting on make-up and getting dressed. It was the aristocratic and royal women, primarily, who utilized "dressing tables."

History
The dressing tablecame into fashion in the early 18th century, according to Gilbert, and it consisted of a small table that featured several drawers. A vanity or dressing table is defined as a table that has secretpanels or handle drawers, a round or oval padded stool for the lady to sit on, a vanity mirror and/or wing mirrors and various separate top modules.
The term "dressing table" was coined as early as the17th century in reference to small tables that had two or three drawers. Cabinet makers would make the table so that the fittings could be concealed when the table was not in use.
Some of the tableswere quite elaborate and had folding tops and a basin drawer, where water was received from a cistern. There were drawers for razors, another drawer for combs, a separate compartment for toothbrushesand a place for powder boxes.

Shape
Dressing tables can be rectangular or kidney-shape and can be pine, oak, cherry, brass, nickel or other kinds of metals and unfinished or covered with fabric.Dressing tables generally have storage areas including shelves, drawers and an open counter space where you can place your bottles and jars.
Once in a while, you will come across a dressing tablethat has a hinged top that opens up, providing out-of-the-way storage space. Dressing tables often come with a mirror attached to the top, and they come with a vanity seat.





MasculineApproach
A dressing table has a tall dresser-drawer type configuration comprised of three or more rows of drawers.
There is often a mirror on top of this kind of dressing table and, of course, there is...
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