Dressing tables, history and evolution

BEDROOM TOILETS

El furniture as the protagonist of the places we inhabit usually it is the maximum exponent of the history of the humanity. In that context, the dressing table is perhaps the furniture that best reflects changes in social customs, leisure activities or popular taste of the last centuries.

But When did this interest in having a piece of furniture dedicated exclusively to our care and beautification begin? It all started with a box. Those beautifully adorned boxes that were designed in Ancient Egypt to hold the entire beauty ritual: from exquisite cosmetic and perfume jars to exotic oils, makeup, and mirrors.

That distant past was the inspiration or the seed, but the toilet, as we know it today, dates back to Europe, especially France and England in the late seventeenth century, when the highest classes of society then acquired the custom of ordering luxurious furniture from artisans and furniture manufacturers.

Dressing tables, history and evolution

However in the United States, the vanity designs were simpler, and among all the Chippendale-style ones were the most popular. During the XNUMXth century, these sophisticated beauty tables were made in a variety of styles, from Gothic, Elizabethan, and Rococo to Renaissance or colonial reminiscences, to name a few. At the end of the century they became a fundamental part of the bedroom.

But it was not until the beginning of the XNUMXth century, during the Art Deco period, that dressing tables, both in Europe and in America, became an emblem of modernity, luxury and glamor.

Currently there are dressing tables that adjust to the needs of the moment, lines that without neglecting the design, provide a practical character and become a corner of personal care that gives character to any room in our home.

Dressing tables, history and evolution

Infinity of models available to all audiences, with attached and independent mirrors, stools, lighting and storage spaces for all kinds of cosmetic items, is what the new collection of players Franco Furniture has created thinking of those people who make their dressing table more than just a piece of furniture.

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