Washstand
Newton and Son
Category
Furniture
Date
1816
Materials
Mahogany
Measurements
300 x 1220 x 550 mm
Place of origin
London
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Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266710
Summary
Mahogany washstand with gallery back and frieze drawers with astragal edges. Turned ringed legs with castors. United by a platform pierced with two circular holes for basins. Newton and Son, London, 1816.
Provenance
One of eight washstands supplied for Ashburnham Place, Sussex by Newton and Son, London for George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl Ashburnham in 1816 and then by descent to Rev. John David Bickersteth; Ashburnham Place Sale, 7-9 July 1953 - Crimson Bedroom [Lot 229 (part)]; Lord and Lady Iliffe, Basildon Park, Berkshire.
Makers and roles
Newton and Son, maker
References
Ellwood 1995: Giles Ellwood, 'James Newton', Furniture History, vol. 31 (1995), 129-205.