Couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : University of Chicago Press · leaf 27
SIXTH CENTURY, FIRST HALF 21 chairs and couches. They are at this time clumsy and heavy, if the vase decora- tor’s drawing is to be trusted. Two characteristic examples are given in Figs. 35' and 3.^ In Fig. 35 the contours of the legs are unbroken, but there is an orna- mental pattern of palmettes… … addition of a low headboard and still Fig. 2.— Heracles reclining upon a dming-couchin the house . of Eurytus. Detail from a Corinthian vase-painting. — Louvre. lower footboard, the sides of which are a continuance of the legs above the frame ; on these appear for the first time volutes. This bed…
Furniture, Ancient · Beds · Seating (Furniture)
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