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Pine washstand painted bright yellow with dark and lighter brown outlining; painted motif of a potted, flowering plant on a tripod on the splashboard; squared galleried top; shaped splashboard with corner shelves and sloped sides around a double-top; cut-out bowl holder with solid removable top; four round legs that taper at the bottom and one single drawer with plain skirt.
washstands
dovetail joints
gluing
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Empire (style)
pine (wood)
Pine
Glued
Painted
Dovetail
Empire
WASHSTAND
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
39 x 17 x 14 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1236
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