Temples of Inconvenience

Name/Title

Temples of Inconvenience

Entry/Object ID

2012.010.087

Description

Over 100 photographs of extraordinary and unusual "conveniences" provide a visual history of the lavatory from a Roman twenty-seater through James II's velvet "thunder box" to the imaginative extravagancies of the Victorian era and beyond. 12, [48] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 25 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2012.010.

Source or Donor

Estate of Emily Ravenel Farrow

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Bathrooms--Pictorial works, Outhouses--Pictorial works

Book Details

Author

Lambton, Lucinda

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

1978

Call No.

TD775 .L35 1978

ISBN

0312790856

LCCN

7860787

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Lucinda Lambton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 4).

Created By

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Create Date

June 29, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023