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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Night Commode Chair
Object ID
W.1995.043.001
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Collection
Wheatland
Title
Night Commode Chair
Description
A night commode chair that has a four-slat back crest with a Windsor arrow design at the lower back of the chair. The high back chair has turned legs, which are braced by ring-turned box stretchers. The seat has a hole cut out at its center with a separate wood lid with a wrought-iron handle fixed by two screws. The underside of the seat no longer has rabbets to support its zinc or lead chamberpot.
Year Range From
1725
Year Range To
1850
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Northwest Bedchamber
Storage Wall
North Wall
Subcategory
Furniture
Object Name
Chair, Commode
Oither Names
Night Commode Chair
Material
Wood/Metal
Height (in)
50.25
Width (in)
19.625
Depth (in)
21.25
Object ID
W.1995.043.001
Notes
Newspaper article concerning donation in Lancaster New Era, 4 November 1986.
Credit
The Junior League of Lancaster, PA
Accession Number
W.1995.043
Images
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