A FEDERAL WALNUT WASHSTAND

MASSACHUSETTS, 1790-1805

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A FEDERAL WALNUT WASHSTAND
Massachusetts, 1790-1805
The square molded top centering a circular recess backed by two smaller circular recesses above a double ogee-carved apron over a molded medial shelf above a conforming frame fitted with a drawer, on square tapering legs joined by shaped cross-stretchers centering a circular plinth
32in. high, 13in. wide, 13in. deep

Lot Essay

This washstand bears remarkable similarities to a plate of a Bason Stand published in 1794 by George Hepplewhite. Both the design and this washstand feature the same basic form, with shaped apron, medial frame fitted with a drawer and cross stretchers centering a plinth to hold a ceramic vessel (George Hepplewhite, The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 3rd edition (London, 1794), plate 84). For a closely related table formerly in the Charles K. Davis Collection, see Sack, Opportunities in American Antiques, brochure no. 29 (1974), p.1351.

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