Art Nouveau Vanity


This vanity is the companion to the Art Nouveau Mirror. The vanity was created in a style to match the mirror, itself based upon and referencing a 1902 example seen in a New York gallery. More details on both can be seen at the link. Carved from pearwood.

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Vanity, straight on. Note brass handle, right of door, cast from Dimitrios' basswood carving.
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Detail, 3/4 view, note handle.
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Detail side.
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Detail leg, lower left.
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Dimitrios executes drawing of vanity door, to scale.
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Vanity with finish.
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Vanity and mirror, with finish.
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In between coats of finish.
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Period art nouveau cabinet which formed the model for the mirror and vanity design.