Lot 10: Wash Stand

Tiger maple, pine and poplar secondary woods, original varnish finish, top part canted with graduated and dovetailed gallery, 2 3/4″ h, over a tiger maple skirt, with finely dovetailed drawer, with a beveled and lipped tiger maple front, and a very fine turned cherry pull, tapered and turned legs, with evidence of Sister’s wet mop at foot, c. 1830, 28″ h, 18 3/4″ w, 15 3/4″ d. [Note: This stand, in our opinion, is one of the finest classic Shaker wash stands that we have ever had the honor of representing at auction. See p. 189, Complete Book of Shaker Furniture, Rieman, #128, Attributed to Brother Abner Allen (1776-1855), Enfield, CT.] 

$15,000-20,000