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Culture:American
Title:washstand
Date Made:1825-1850
Type:Furniture
Materials:wood: pine; paint
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Northampton area
Measurements:overall: 37 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 14 1/8 in.; 95.885 x 43.815 x 35.8902 cm
Accession Number:  HD 88.095
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Two-tiered washstand covered with yellow paint. The upper section has a shelf with a basin hole, surrounded on three sides with a scrolled splash board. The lower section has a shelf with a drawer with a large wooden knob below, all supported by four turned legs with distinctive mushroom-shaped feet. The stand, which was owned by Charles Porter Phelps (1772-1852) of Hadley, Massachusetts, was found in a garret directly over the kitchen of the Phelps-Sessions House in October, 1988.

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