This Shabby-Chic antique dresser dates from the 1920's. I found it in a vintage shop, properly whitewashed and affixed with faux crystal handles... voila! A perfect landscape to hold a vintage table display.
Gathered from many sources, this table-top includes a small cottage-style lamp, a hand-painted perfume tray holding a bisque angel head figurine and a whimsical bank from the 50's labeled "Pin Money." A decorative plate picturing cherubs and angels sits in the back, flanked by a vintage hanky, a small ceramic bowl with silk tea roses, a small gold, flowered "princess" crown, a pair of white vintage gloves, and a copy of "The Paris Apartment." The picture on the wall is a turn-of-the-century print entitled, "The Greatest Moments of a Girl's Life."
"The Paris Apartment," written by Claudia Strasser, is a collector's dream. It's filled with hundreds of extremely cool ideas for creating the 'je ne sais quoi' of a true, Parisian apartment. The cover, itself, is gorgeous, making it a beautiful display piece.
The beautiful bisque angel head figurine was hand-painted by my mother, as was the perfume tray that holds it. The Pin Money bank is adorned with 3-dimensional flowers and dates from the 1950's - popularly found in many teenaged girls' rooms.
I found these sweet, feminine dress gloves in the back room of an antique store. Perfectly preserved from the early 1900's, they're still amazingly white; they have bows at the wrists fastened by tiny seed-pearl buttons. Like little works of art, they reflect a more elegant era when ladies would never think of leaving the house without a beautiful pair of gloves.
Collecting vintage clothing and accessories can be taken a step further by collecting vintage decorative items, too. Surrounding yourself with lovely things from eras gone-by is good fun and good Karma, pure and simple.
I'm about to turn in and, you made my night.
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I love your display and your site.
Tres Bien MBLS!!!