Commode Dressing

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Commode dressing. A george iii mahogany serpentine dressing commode circa 1760 the shaped moulded top above four graduated drawers flanked by canted angles with carved vines on a punched ground the top mahogany lined drawer fitted with lidded compartments a later slide a pin cushion and dividers the sides with engraved brass carrying handles on shaped bracket feet with sunk brass castors the reverse with. Dressing commode mahogany inlaid with satinwood and ebonised wood england ca. Historically services were made in metal ceramics and other materials for both men and women though male versions were generally much smaller. A toilet service is a set of objects for use at the dressing table the term is usually reserved for large luxury sets from the 17th to 19th centuries with toilet set used for later or simpler sets.

I was lucky enough to get good photos of all but the ends on which i had to use a plain satinwood texture. It was made by thomas chippendale and boasts fine inlaid images of the goddesses diana and minerva with their. The gentleman s dressing commode or chest with two or three rows of drawers that are elevated off the ground is an extremely rare form in american furniture. This piece is quite well known and goes with the harewood house state bed i also modeled.

That s because it is the only such commode documented or attributed to the shop of boston cabinetmaker thomas seymour. This one is rarer still. An apparatus into which defecation and urination can be done. A george iii mahogany serpentine dressing commode circa 1760 65 possibly attributable to the dumfries house cabinet maker the shaped top above a drawer fitted with baize lined slide and numerous compartments including a secret drawer to one side lacking hinged mirror above three graduated long drawers flanked by blind fretwork carved angles on shaped bracket feet with later brass.

A commode and dressing table taken from that in the state bedroom at harewood house. Gloag points out that thomas shearer s designs for two commode dressing chests illustrated in the cabinet makers london book of prices 1788 plate 17 are repeated but as serpentine dressing. Cleansing of the obstetric patient after childbirth. The cleansing and dressing of a wound and the surrounding area.

Cleansing of the surface of a wound after an operation preparatory to the application of the dressing.