Commode

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A commode is one of several pieces of furniture. The word commode is derived from the French word for "comfortable" or "fit", which in turn comes from the Latin adjective commodus , with a similar meaning.

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History and type

French

The term is derived from the French furniture vocabulary from about 1700. At that time, a commode means a closet or drawer, low enough so that it sits at the height of the dado rail ( ÃÆ' hauteur d'appui ). It is part of the layered case furniture much wider than the height, raised on the high or low legs.

Commodities created by ÃÆ' Â © bÃÆ' Â © nistes ; the French word for "cabinet maker" comes from black, black tropical hardwood known as a foreign luxury. The beautiful wood is equipped with ormolu (drawer of bronze-gold drawer). A piece of furniture will be fitted with the top of the selected marble slab to match the chimneypiece marble.

A commode occupies a prominent position in the intended room: it stands against the dock between the windows, in which case it is often overcome by a mirrored glass, or an identical commode pair will flank the chimneypiece or occupy the center of each end wall.

The commode, with a three-dimensional shaped surface, is a rococo-style feature called "Louis Quinze". Neoclassical squares, or "Louis Seize", the commode may have a deep drawer or door so that the foot is en toupie - in the form of a taper that changes from the spinning top of the child. Both rococo and neoclassical commases may have a flank enclosing the main part, where such a thing is commode ÃÆ' encoignures ; pairs of encoignures or corner cabinets may also be designed to complement the commode and stand in the corners of the flanking room. If the commode has an open shelf flanking the main part, it is commode ÃÆ' l'anglaise ; if it does not have a drawer attach it is commode ÃÆ' vantaux .

Prior to the mid-18th century, the commode had become a necessary kind of furnishings that might be made in quizery (woodworking), from oak, walnut, or solid painted fruit trees, with ornately carved, typically French provincial furniture.

English

In the English-speaking world, commode was passed into the language of cabinet-makers in London in the mid-eighteenth century to describe the glamorous, curved drawer chests, and sometimes with shaped sides too, is in "French" taste. Thomas Chippendale use the term "Table Stamps France" to describe the design of the Constructor Cabinet and the Director of the Necromancer (1753), and Ince and Mayhew illustrate "Drawer Chest Commode", plate XLIII, in System Universal Home Furnishings , 1759-62. John Gloag noted that Commode expanded to describe each furnished with the front of the winding, such as dressers, or even a chair seat. Gloag shows that the design of Thomas Shearer for two "coffin locker chest" which is illustrated in The London Book-Price, London, 1788, plate 17 is repeated, but as a "crate replace serpentine", in The Price of Cabinet Work , 1797 edition.

The Oxford English Dictionary has several meanings of "commode". The first relevant definition reads: "A piece of furniture with drawers and shelves in the bedroom, a kind of elaborate drawer (so in French): in the living room, large (and gene) ancient) chiffonier type." The space of the image itself is an ancient term for a formal reception room, and chiffonier is, in this sense, a small sideboard dating from the early 19th century.

Other meanings proved are hand-washing, furnishings equipped with basins, jugs, and towel rails, and often with space to keep the chamber pots behind closed doors. Handwashing in the bedroom is a pre-dated indoor shower and running water.

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Toilet

In English English, "commode" is the standard term for a commode chair, often on wheels, attaching a chamber pot - as used in hospitals and disabled homes. (The historical equivalent is the near bench, then the praised and prestigious Groom of the Stool position for a retainer close to the king.) This piece of furniture is termed in French chaise percà ©  © e ("stabbed a chair") ; Similar items are made specifically as a moving bidet for washing.

In the United States, "commode" is a synonym of everyday language for toilet flush.

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See also

• Bedside table, small table or similar bedside
• Lowboy and highboy

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia