From Madame Pompadour to Hollywood royalty, explore the history of how the vanity became an everyday mainstay in the home A Young Beauty at Her Vanity by Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta. Circa 1860. M.S. Rau (Sold). In 2014, the Metropolitan Museum of Art launched the exhibition Metropolitan Vanities: The History of the Dressing Table, which took patrons on a journey through the fascinating evolution of the vanity. The exhibition began in ancient Egypt with a riveting look at the highly technical…
