The actual name commodes derives from the French word meaning convenience, originally introduced in the 1700s as a piece of furniture to mean a chest of drawers or alternatively a low cabinet. Such pieces of furniture usually occupied a very prominent position in the room, perhaps by the windows and would often be surmounted by a glass mirror. The french used the term commode à l'anglaise literally meaning english convenience, and this piece of furniture would have shelves flanking the mid-section.
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