Lot Essay
Thomas Sheraton illustrates a design for an identical wash-stand in the Appendix to the Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book, reissued, London, in 1802.
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY CORNER WASH STAND
Inlaid overall with boxwood lines and crossbanded in tulipwood, the arched gallery with small shelf, above a bow-fronted top with circular holes for washing bowl, the central tier with one drawer flanked by two simulated drawers on square layered legs joined by a stretcher with central moulded circle, restorations, lacking bowl
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with boxwood lines and crossbanded in tulipwood, the arched gallery with small shelf, above a bow-fronted top with circular holes for washing bowl, the central tier with one drawer flanked by two simulated drawers on square layered legs joined by a stretcher with central moulded circle, restorations, lacking bowl
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep