This is one of my favourite pictures of my mother. Looking at it now, she seems to be a carefree country girl. I used to have it on my night table at boarding school. These were small cupboards by our beds - I think these types of cupboard were originally used to secrete chamber pots many years ago. Our school provided them for a more modern purpose: displaying photographs of parents and family - one girl proudly displayed a photograph of her parents at the recent coronation complete with their ermine cloaks and coronets, which was quite funny. Inside we stored our washbags with soap, flannels, combs and brushes etc. We used to call them 'tables de nuit' for some reason.
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