Couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : University of Chicago Press · leaf 76
t two materials mentioned, but any- thing looking like leather is extremely rare; M. Girard has pointed out instances on Etruscan sarcophagi in couch form of the sixth century." Silk probably found some use for pillows. The patterns seen in the ancient representations were prob- ably, as a usual… … Fig. 38. — Funerary couch of marble in a tomb at Vathia on the island of Euboea. wool, torn off in carding or in fulling cloth. The transference of the name of this wool, Kve(f)ak\ov, to mattresses, and perhaps also to pillows, speaks for the frequency of its use. Both refuse wool and wool…
Furniture, Ancient · Beds · Seating (Furniture)
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