Antique French-Style Gilt Rope & Tassel Mirrored Vanity Tray

A beautifully detailed antique mirrored vanity tray with an elegant oval silhouette, warm gilt-metal finish, and exceptionally decorative rope-and-tassel border. The perimeter is finished with finely patterned metalwork, while sculptural braided rope details sweep across the ends and terminate in ornate tassel motifs. The mirrored surface gives the piece an especially glamorous presence, reflecting perfume bottles, crystal vanity jars, jewelry, or collected objects beautifully.

At 19 inches long, this is a substantial decorative piece without overwhelming a dressing table or chest. It has exactly the sort of old-world formality that works especially well layered into an English country interior—ornate enough to feel special, but wonderfully useful as a foundation for a collected vanity arrangement.

*Note: items shown on tray are for illustrative purposes and are not included.

CONDITION
Vintage condition with age-appropriate wear and patina consistent with use. 

SIZE
19"L x 10.5"W x 1.5"H

STYLING SUGGESTION
Use it on a dark wood dressing table or marble-topped chest layered with cut-crystal perfume bottles, sterling-lidded vanity jars, a small framed black-and-white equestrian photograph, and one or two pieces of jewelry. The mirrored surface does the work of visually tying everything together while the aged gilt rope-and-tassel detailing gives the arrangement that collected, slightly aristocratic English-country feeling Martingale East does so well.