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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Anyone tell me anything about this.

    Its in a clearance I might be getting soon, it was in a bedroom.
    These are the only photos available

    It was described as a hall stand, but its not what I would describe as a hall stand in the UK.

    It appears more ecclesiastical and probably from a church vestry, it might not be even British.

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Maybe an antique wash stand with towel racks on the sides?
    The ecclesiastical look could be due to the period, Gothic Revival can have that look.
     
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  3. silverbell

    silverbell Well-Known Member

    What AJ said. Keep it in the bedroom.
    Ahem...One does not wash in the hall!
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it's lovely !
    I was thinking arts and crafts influence.....and I concur with the above statements..
     
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  5. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Could be a wash stand or, maybe, a server. It is a Victorian hodge-podge of style. I see gothic, but also Eastlake and arts and crafts. Think this puts it late 19th century and an early transitional piece to the arts and crafts movement.
     
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  6. Houseful

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    Houseful, Sep 1, 2023
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  7. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

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  8. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That is possible, they are not consistent with the more 'chunky' style of the rest.
    But then again, the period is not known for having a 100% consistent style.
     
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  9. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Handy for hanging dog towels in your hallway!
     
    Houseful, Sep 1, 2023
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  10. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Thanks guys, they were insistent that it was a hall stand but it doesn't have the metal trays at the bottom to hold the brolly spikes and walking sticks.

    Wider than a wash stand that I have normally seen but it fits in with what you say and especially Houseful's example.

    I just hope I get the clearance now.
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    nice find !!similar 4 sure !!!
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    good luck !!
    can u do anything to help your cause....?
     
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  13. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

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  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I like my washstands with a marble top and shelf or cubby to hold the bowl & pitcher......

    but I know they were not all made that way...
     
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  15. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    OTOH today it makes a very good "drop stand", aka a table you put near a door to catch car keys, phone, the occasional grocery sack, etc.
     
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  16. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I throw my 2 cents worth towards Wash Stand what with the towel racks on the sides, but what's @Ghopper1924 say??
     
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  17. Ghopper1924

    Ghopper1924 Well-Known Member

    I think everyone’s nailed it. A walnut washstand ca. 1890. Unusually wide, so maybe not for a single family household. Mostly Eastlake, though with an unusual arts and crafts mortise and tenon element and gothic revival trefoil finials.

    Even in these depressed brown furniture times this should bring several hundred $ U.S., cleaned up. I would find the English equivalent of Howard’s Restore-a-Finish to even up the piece’s table top.
     
    Ghopper1924, Sep 2, 2023
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I'd leave the shading on the top......
    it shows how the table got used.....and how well it was cared for , for it to still be in such great shape after all these years !!
    imho..
     
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  19. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Same here. I'd give it a coat of paste wax and leave well enough alone.
     
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  20. Moriarty

    Moriarty Active Member

    This is wonderful. It looks a little like Reformed Gothic to me!
     
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