Victorian Commodes unique pieces of victorian furniture
During the Victorian period antique bedside commodes and antique pot cupboards became more usable and more comfortable than the earlier commodes with their pull out bases was replaced by a comfortable disguised seats. These chests were first recorded ca 1830 and were usually of walnut or mahogany, standing on turned tapering feet, these antique chests of simulated drawers opened to reveal a fitted commode chair. The quality of the interior of the commode was no longer pine or oak, but within a frame veneered with richly figured timbers such as satin birch and birds eye maple etc. Even the best Victorian bedside commodes were superseded by the widespread introduction of the water closet.
