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THBAntique Wooden Japanese Kyodai Mirrored Kimono Vanity
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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LiveJan 19, 2025
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a collection of sterling silver, African artifacts, oriental rugs, Asian antiquities, a collection from the Ex Managing Director of the NYC Waldorf Astoria, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
Antique Wooden Japanese Kyodai Mirrored Kimono Vanity. Kyodai means "brother" or "siblings" in Japanese, a reference to the pairing of the mirror with the chest below. Original glass and fasteners. The wood on the body of the mirror is Tamo ash, with five drawers in a variety of shapes made from Kiri (paulownia) wood. On the back of the middle piece are carved ferns, flowers, and a soaring crane. This style of vanity was first produced in Japan in the Taisho Period (1912-1926) and continued briefly into the more austere Showa Period (1926-1989) before ceasing to be made prior to World War II.
Size: 19 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 47 in.
#5328 .
The dressing table (also known as a vanity table, simply a vanity, or, in some parts of British and Australian English, a duchess) is a table specifically designed for performing one’s toilette (dressing, applying makeup, and other personal grooming), intended for a bedroom or a boudoir. The history of the vanity starts with simple cosmetic storage boxes, used to hold ointments, face paints, perfumes and more, an item traced back to the 15th Century BC from an excavation of the tomb of the Egyptian scribe Reniseneb. After the Dark Ages there was a growing interest in self-adornment, which led to the development of the étuis (a lady’s cosmetic carrying case), and then the need for small tables to put them on and mirrors to use them in front of. The word “vanity” was first used to describe these items and even the process in the 16th Century, when religious texts condemned the activity as a sin. However, it only grew in popularity, and by the late 17th Century the dressing table took its familiar shape. The mirror became an integrated part of the dressing table in the middle of the 18th Century, where it was either mounted in a rotating frame or designed to fold into the table itself. By the late 18th Century it was called a toilet table, or simply a toilet, which comes from the French word “toilette,” a diminutive form of toile, a cloth that was used from Medieval times in the application of cosmetics. In the 19th Century the American usage of the word “toilet” changed its meaning, and the object was briefly known as a “twilight table” before evolving into the current usage, fully adopting the word “vanity” due to a more Puritanical shift in social beliefs. Due to portability and advances in cosmetics the vanity began to fall out of favor through the 20th Century, and in the 21st Century vanity tables are rarely produced and used except by the wealthy class, as the application of makeup occupies just a few moments in front of the standard bathroom mirror. On occasion there have been revivals in interest, particularly around styles first popularized by Marquise de Pompadour and Thomas Chippendale.
- Provenance
From the Post-Meiji Era, purchased in the Kotto Dori Street Antique Market in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo in the late 1990s.
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BIDDER MUST ARRANGE THEIR OWN SHIPPING. Although SEA will NOT arrange shipping for you, we do recommend our preferred shipper Premier Shipping & Crating at info@premiershipment.com You MUST email them, please DO NOT CALLl. If you'd like to compare shipping quotes or need more options, feel free to contact any local Sarasota shippers. You can email any one of the shippers below as well. Be sure to include the lot(s) you won and address you would like it shipped to. Brennan with The UPS Store #0089 - 941-413-5998 - Store0089@theupsstore.com AK with The UPS Store #2689 - 941-954-4575 - Store2689@theupsstore.com Steve with The UPS Store #4074 - 941-358-7022 - Store4074@theupsstore.com Everett with PakMail - 941-751-2070 - paktara266@gmail.com
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19 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 47 in.
