Stand, Basin
- Object Name:
- Stand, Basin
- Object ID:
- 1978.008.04
- Date:
- 1825-1840
- Description:
- Basin Stand. Two rectangular shelves, upper one having a rounded projection at center front and basin hole; a drawer with pulvinated front beneath lower shelf. High scrolled crests at back and sides of top shelf. Scrolled supports extending between shelves at front corners; plain, square supports at back. Four vase-turned legs with ring and reel turned necks and ball feet. Drawer has two brass handles consisting of stamped rosettes and pendent rings. Painted black with rosewood graining and yellow striping. Designs stenciled in bronze: a basket of fruit on front of scrolled crest; stylized flowers on front of framework for upper shelf; and fruit and foliage on drawer front. Upper shelf probably maple. Pulvinated drawer front applied. Pencil figures on both surfaces of drawer back and tally on inside of back rail below lower shelf.
- Material:
- Wood
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-36.25 W-17 D-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a group of household articles with a long history of ownership in the Page and Martin families of Dunbarton, Bradford and Warner, N.H.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Mary F. Martin
- People:
- Martin, Mary F. (1899-1978)
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