A New or Improved Combined Washstand and Occasional Table.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 29th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Combined Washstand and Occasional Table.
I, ISABELLA STEWART of 60 Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Bridge Road, London
S.W. Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :—
This invention relates to improvements in combination articles of domestic
furniture and has for object to provide a new combination wash stand and occasional
table, specially adapted for use in rooms and apartments where space is limited
and does not admit of placing many separate articles of furniture. A further
advantage of my invention consists in its being capable of very economical
construction.
In order to make my invention more readily understood and carried out in
practice 1 have hereunto attached a sheet of drawings upon which
Fig. 1 illustrates the new combination in front view,
Fig. 2 shows a side view, and
Fig. 3 a top view of the same.
The top plate a supported on legs which may be of any suitable shape, is
provided with apertures to receive a washing basin A, brush dish B and soap
dish D, or any other collection of similar articles, and has a ledge a¹ running around
three sides, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, said ledge being of sufficient height to
overlap the rinis of the vessels A, B and D and to lie flush with a suitable flat
metal or wooden cover or covers placed over the basin and the various dishes, so
that, when the device is intended to serve the purposes of an occasional table, a
plain or ornamental cloth may be spread over the whole and photograph stands,
flower vases and the like he placed thereon. Or in some cases I may find it
advantageous to have a cover or lid hinged or otherwise suitably affixed to the
ledge a', adapted to be folded back when the wash stand, and to let down when the
occasional table is required for use.
Below the front portion of board a I provide a suitably contrived towel rack
held in brackets affixed to aforesaid board, while from the rear portion I suspend a
board or frame c to which 1 secure in suitable manner the shelf c¹ which is held and
supported by conveniently arranged stays d or similar supports, and surrounded at
its edges by ledge which is intended to prevent articles placed on said shelf from
slipping off.
In the drawings the table is shown supported by cross legs b which are held in
position by cross bar 61, but any other convenient make and construction may be
chosen. In order to hide the shelf from view, in case the cloth or cover spread over
the device when it is being used as an occasional table, is not of sufficient length to
effect that purpose, I may provide a suitable valance, drapery or the like of
convenient material and length to hang from the edges of board a.
The article of furniture herein before described may be manufactured from wood
or other suitable material or combination of materials in simple or more elaborate
and costly style, so as to suit all classes of intending purchasers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is:
A new or improved article of domestic furniture, forming a wash stand and, when

page_text: required, an occasional table, substantially as here iubefore described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
The out of Amil 1007
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
For the Applicant.