Shaving Table
1770-1780 (made)
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This small wash-stand was probably made for a man to use as a shaving table. The top three drawers do not open, the drawer fronts designed to conceal the bowl that sits behing them. The top opens in the middle and hinges at either side to provide trays for the contents of a man's pockets. The stout X-stretcher has a dished area at the centre, to hold a jug of water.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Solid and veneered mahogany |
| Brief description | A small mahogany shaving table or wash-stand on tall legs, the body with a shallow drawer and three fictive drawer fronts above concealing a recess for a basin, the top hinged and opening to provide a tray to either side of the bowl. |
| Physical description | A small mahogany shaving table or wash stand on tall legs, the body with a shallow drawer and three fictive drawer fronts above concealing a recess for a basin, the top hinged and opening to provide a tray to either side of the bowl.The square-sectioned legs are joined by a pierced X-stretcher, with a central, turned place for a water jug. The front legs are fitted with pierced spandrel brackets of very rococo design. The drawers are cock-beaded on the edges, and are fitetd with small, brass, axe-head handles. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by C. D. Rotch |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Claude Rotch (1962) |
| Summary | This small wash-stand was probably made for a man to use as a shaving table. The top three drawers do not open, the drawer fronts designed to conceal the bowl that sits behing them. The top opens in the middle and hinges at either side to provide trays for the contents of a man's pockets. The stout X-stretcher has a dished area at the centre, to hold a jug of water. |
| Bibliographic reference | Tomlin, Maurice, Catalogue of Adam Period Furniture (London: HMSO for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1972), cat. no. T/1, p. 164. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.41:1to4-1962 |
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| Record created | January 26, 2001 |
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