Bench
Bench or stool used at the Wash House, North Family, Mount Lebanon, NY
Description
Low bench of pine (probably white, Pinus strobus) with angled legs set into top and secured with wire nails. Outside arrises of legs are chamfered. Top is a single board with a cleat nailed to each end the full width of the top. These ends are rounded over. Bench is painted, probably a mustard yellow.
Notes
This bench was used next to the laundry press at the North Family Wash House for storage of the wood panels used in the press between layers of linens. It can be seen in this HABS photograph, taken in June 1938 by N. E. Baldwin, showing the press: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny0539.photos.115447p/
New York Mount Lebanon North Family
