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Of the Corner BaJon-Stands, Plate XL IL
<The right-hand bafon-ftand contains a cupboard and a real
drawer below it; by the top folding down the bafon is inclofed
and hid when it is not in ufe. The left-hand top is fixed to the
fide of the bafon-ftand by a rule-joint, the fame as the flap of a
Pembroke table; but inftead of iron the hinges are made of
brafs. The right-hand top is hinged to the other by common
butt-hinges, by which means it will fold againft the other, and
both may be turned down together. When the tops are in their
place, there then appears a rule-joint on both fides. The front
edges of the tops are hollowed and beaded, which hang a little
over, fo that the fingers may get hold to raife them up. Short
tenons are put to the under edge of the right-hand top, to keep
it in its place on the end of the lower part.
The bafon-ftand on the left has a rim round the top, and a
tambour door to inclofe the whole of the upper part, in which
is a fmall ciftern. The lower part has a fhelf in the middle, on
which ftands a veflel to receive the dirty water conveyed by a
pipe from the bafon. Thefe fort are made large, and the bafon
being brought clofe to the front, gives plenty of room. The
advantage of this kind of bafon-ftand is, that they may ftand in a
3 D genteel
<The right-hand bafon-ftand contains a cupboard and a real
drawer below it; by the top folding down the bafon is inclofed
and hid when it is not in ufe. The left-hand top is fixed to the
fide of the bafon-ftand by a rule-joint, the fame as the flap of a
Pembroke table; but inftead of iron the hinges are made of
brafs. The right-hand top is hinged to the other by common
butt-hinges, by which means it will fold againft the other, and
both may be turned down together. When the tops are in their
place, there then appears a rule-joint on both fides. The front
edges of the tops are hollowed and beaded, which hang a little
over, fo that the fingers may get hold to raife them up. Short
tenons are put to the under edge of the right-hand top, to keep
it in its place on the end of the lower part.
The bafon-ftand on the left has a rim round the top, and a
tambour door to inclofe the whole of the upper part, in which
is a fmall ciftern. The lower part has a fhelf in the middle, on
which ftands a veflel to receive the dirty water conveyed by a
pipe from the bafon. Thefe fort are made large, and the bafon
being brought clofe to the front, gives plenty of room. The
advantage of this kind of bafon-ftand is, that they may ftand in a
3 D genteel