Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 79
Illus. 35. — Case of Drawers withCloset. 1810. Bureaus and Washstands 55 The toilet conveniences of our ancestors seem toour eyes most inadequate, and it is impossible that avery free use of water was customary, with the tinybowls and pitchers which were used and the small … Illus. 36. — Bureau, about 1815 and inconvenient washstands. A bason frameappears in an inventory of 1654. Chippendaledesigned bason stands which were simply a tri-pod stand, into the top of which the basin fitted.The drawings of Shearer, Hepplewhite, and Shera- 56 Furniture of the Olden Time ton…
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