A decorative member for a vehicle, the decorative member curved as a forward-bulging shape, and comprising: a transparent base made from a resinous material, and including a front face and a rear face, the rear face having an ordinary section and a recessed section dented more forward than is the ordinary section; a transferred layer; a metallic layer; a base layer; the transferred layer, the metallic layer and the base layer disposed in this order on a rear-face side of the transparent base; the transferred layer formed on the ordinary section in the rear face of transparent base; and the metallic layer formed on the ordinary section of the transparent base on which the transferred layer is formed, and on the recessed section in the rear face of the transparent base; wherein the transferred layer is formed by: pressing a transfer sheet, which comprises a support film, a release layer formed on the support film, a decorative layer formed on the release layer and an adhesive layer formed on the decorative layer, onto the ordinary section in the rear face of the transparent base while heating the transfer sheet; fixing the decorative layer and the release layer onto the ordinary section by the adhesive layer; and then removing the support film from the release layer, characterised in that the transfer sheet includes the decorative layer formed by gravure printing, and wherein the transparent base further includes a perpendicular face extending perpendicularly to the ordinary section, and surrounding a peripheral rim of the ordinary section in the rear face (lb), and that the perpendicular face has a height of from 0.3 to 0.5 mm. a transparent base made from a resinous material, and including a front face and a rear face, the rear face having an ordinary section and a recessed section dented more forward than is the ordinary section; a transferred layer; a metallic layer; a base layer; the transferred layer, the metallic layer and the base layer disposed in this order on a rear-face side of the transparent base; the transferred layer formed on the ordinary section in the rear face of transparent base; and the metallic layer formed on the ordinary section of the transparent base on which the transferred layer is formed, and on the recessed section in the rear face of the transparent base; wherein the transferred layer is formed by: pressing a transfer sheet, which comprises a support film, a release layer formed on the support film, a decorative layer formed on the release layer and an adhesive layer formed on the decorative layer, onto the ordinary section in the rear face of the transparent base while heating the transfer sheet; fixing the decorative layer and the release layer onto the ordinary section by the adhesive layer; and then removing the support film from the release layer, characterised in that the transfer sheet includes the decorative layer formed by gravure printing, and wherein the transparent base further includes a perpendicular face extending perpendicularly to the ordinary section, and surrounding a peripheral rim of the ordinary section in the rear face (lb), and that the perpendicular face has a height of from 0.3 to 0.5 mm.