Washstand (athénienne or lavabo)
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
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of James Alexander Scrymser, 1918
Accession Number
26.256.1
Tags
About the Artist
Charles Percier|Martin-Guillaume Biennais · 1764–1838
Charles Percier (1764–1838) rose from humble origins in Paris, where his mother laundered for Marie-Antoinette and his father served as a porter at the Tuileries Palace, to become one of France's most influential neoclassical architects and designers. From age twelve, he attended a free drawing school for indigent students, honing his skills in the studio of painter Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée be...