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book commode
Rare 18th-Century Book Commode Heads to Auction
February 20, 2020
Book Commode? Yes, ye olde toilets trimmed with an outer “book” wrapping, either to obscure or at least to accessorize, were a thing in the eighteenth century, particularly in France.
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