Bedside stand
Thomas Seymour
(American (born in England), 1771–1848)
John Seymour
(American (born in England), 1738–1818)
1804–09
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, purpleheart and curly-satinwood veneers and rosewood crossbanding, eastern white pine, ash, brass, and marble top
DimensionsOverall: 85.1 x 45.1 x 49.8 cm (33 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number41.596
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
Thomas Sheraton, British author of design books and arbiter of taste, described the bedside or basin stand as "a useful piece of furniture for night occasions." Price books usually advertised the stands together with seats accommodating a chamber pot
ProvenanceGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of 18th century American Arts
From R. Mussey catalog: This is said to have been purchased from the Lyman family in Waltham, Mass, by Isreal Sack. Sack sold it in 1940 to the Karoliks/MFA.
From R. Mussey catalog: This is said to have been purchased from the Lyman family in Waltham, Mass, by Isreal Sack. Sack sold it in 1940 to the Karoliks/MFA.
