washstands

I then routed out an old screen, and ran it across the room, dividing it into two, thereby enabling the amo to charge me for bedroom and sitting-room In the bedroom half I ran two straw paillasses together for a bed; two little primitive washstands, capable of containing a pint of water; and two tiny tables of like dimensions for our toilet.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

The entire third floor was an open barracks, with a row of washstands at one end, flanked by the water closets.

Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005

She braided her hair and studied her face in the polished aluminum that passed for mirrors over the line of washstands outside the canvas dressing room.

Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996

"There aren't any basins with running water, " said Nora, looking at the great washstands.

The Secret of Moon Castle Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1978

In many business offices, for example, one can find half-shielded washstands where a secretary can look into a mirror to apply make-up, comb her hair, examine the effect her face is creating, and the like, being able here to indulge in a degree of auto-involvement not elsewhere permitted.

Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963

It must have been handsomely furnished, to judge from the relics, for they are nothing more -- rosewood tables, sideboards and washstands with marble tops, drawers and doors broken in and half gone, sofas that must have been of the best, nothing left but the frame; no one can conceive of the destruction who has not seen it.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson

Mary's room had two beds in it, two chests of drawers, two washstands, and so forth.

Littlebourne Lock F. Bayford Harrison

Massive mahogany wardrobes, bureaus, and washstands are as generations of forebears have used them.

Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins

There were no chairs in the sleeping-rooms, but washstands had been improvised, there being dressing-rooms outside of some of the rooms.

Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

It was melancholy to see the spoiled and demolished furniture which would be of so much use to us now, bureaus without drawers, sofas with only the frames, and those all broken, pieces of washstands and bedsteads, etc.

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Elizabeth Ware [Editor] Pearson