Furniture design and terminology.......commode

The marvels of the internet, mobile computing and wikipedia allowed me to research some terms this morning while reading Kens hinge thread.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_frame

In doing so one thing naturally led to the other and after a rapid tour like a dragon fly touching down on a subject for just a few seconds i came to a fascinating halt at the term commode.

See this link
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commode

Now it mentions at some point the term being used in USA in relation to a toilet.
But i dont believe its been strictly an American term. I was introduced to this term by my Dad back in SA and in the furniture context it was used to mean a wooden chair type piece of furniture that was kept in the bedroom and had a "potty" inside it which was accessed by lifting the seat which was hinged so as to form a lid.
This as i understood allowed for doing the business without running to the outhouse.

Now in following a series of links through wikipedia related to furniture design styles many of which take you to Europe i come to find the real original term has nothing to do with what i was taught.

Some other links you may find interesting to peruse quickly to get a quick refresher on furniture styles.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_making

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_furniture

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobelins_Manufactory

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_design

Enjoy i certainly learnt a thing or two in a few minutes.
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Well, I couldn't be more flushed if I had found water in my closet. My understanding of some vocabulary has just gone down the crapper.

Rennie Heuer said:

Well, I couldn't be more flushed if I had found water in my closet. My understanding of some vocabulary has just gone down the crapper.

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I'm going to plunge right in Rennie, and say, your sense of humor is overflowing

Thanks Rob for the history lesson, I'd comment but at the moment I feel like....