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2. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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   Although marquetry is a technique separate from inlay, English marquetry-makers were called "inlayers" throughout the 18th century. In Paris, before 1789, makers of veneered or marquetry furniture (ébénistes) belonged to a separate guild from chair-makers and other furniture craftsmen working in solid wood (menuisiers).

3. Tomb of Kha and Merit - Wikipedia

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   The most unusual example was a folding stool with a leather seat and legs ending in duck heads inlaid with ivory. [128] A further wooden stool with a central cut-out was found in the antechamber; it is thought to be a toilet seat or commode, the only example of its type known from ancient Egypt. [129]

4. Toilet seat - Wikipedia

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   A toilet seat is a hinged unit consisting of a round or oval open seat, and usually a lid, which is bolted onto the bowl of a toilet used in a sitting position (as opposed to a squat toilet). The seat can be either for a flush toilet or a dry toilet .

5. Chamber pot - Wikipedia

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   It might be stored in a cabinet with doors to hide it; this sort of nightstand was known as a commode, hence the latter word came to mean "toilet" as well. For homes without these items of furniture, the chamber pot was stored under the bed. The modern commode toilet and bedpan, used by bedbound or disabled persons, are variants of the chamber pot.

6. Furniture - Wikipedia

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   Wood was shaped by carving, steam treatment, and the lathe, and furniture is known to have been decorated with ivory, tortoise shell, glass, gold or other precious materials. [ 27 ] The modern word " throne " is derived from the ancient Greek thronos (Greek singular: θρόνος), which was a seat designated for deities or individuals of high ...

7. Close stool - Wikipedia

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   Toilet chair. A close stool was an early type of portable toilet, made in the shape of a cabinet or box at sitting height with an opening in the top.The external structure contained a pewter or earthenware chamberpot to receive the user's excrement and urine when they sat on it; this was normally covered (closed) by a folding lid.