1908-07-14
GUSN-306500
Design drawing titled "Shaving Stand of Mahogany & Inlay" rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Neoclassical Sheraton-style shaving stand has small square case with one drawer and one cupboard; round pull on drawer; side door for cupboard; cupboard front with branch veneer and inlaid patera; four tall tapered square legs that flare outward and have inlaid stringing and banded cuffs; and lower shelf with concave front. Adjustable oval mirror is attached at sides to lyre-shaped support with two curved arms; bottom of lyre support has inlaid kylix and garland motif and is attached to top of case. TItle, design notes, and "Detail No 12277 / July 14 - 1908 FTE" are handwritten on drawing.
mirrors
shaving stands
Neoclassical
Sheraton
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (10 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.007.013.002
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
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