Title: Washstand (athénienne or lavabo)
Object type: Washstand
Date: 1800–1814
Artist: Design attributed to Charles Percier 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1764–1838 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Designer
Medium: Legs, base and shelf of yew wood; gilt-bronze mounts; iron plate beneath shelf
Dimensions: Height: 36 3/8 in. (92.4 cm); Diameter: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit line: Bequest of James Alexander Scrymser, 1918
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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