**Night chair** 19th century, Poland In Poland, portable toilets like this chair were called, inter alia, a stool, a toilet or a cacatuar, a cacquet or a carafe, in French fashion. This item was located in a special separate room or was moved around the house. Grander versions sometimes resembled a real throne, hence perhaps the Polish term “sit on the throne”, referring to the toilet seat. The press advertised stools as “armchairs for going outside while staying inside”. Ebony wood. It has a low seat, enclosed, with a flap under which there is a hole, intended for a chamber pot. A door is fitted at the back, which could be opened with a key in order to replace the vessel. **For more images and further information, visit:** https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/735 Inventory number: MNPE/S 182 Vistula Ethnographic Park Museum in Wygiełzów and Lipowiec Castle **Digitisation: Regional Digitisation Lab, Małopolska Institute of Culture in Kraków, Poland; “Virtual Museums of Małopolska” Project**