Couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : University of Chicago Press · leaf 110
s and mules occur as the upper corner ornaments of jukra (cf. Fig. 50), so that there is no objection on the score of their being lions’ heads to the proposed restora- tion. If these lions’ heads were so used, their necks, now lost, as well as tips of leaves form- ing a transition to the moldings… … aware, in both the Greek and Roman periods had upright Fig. 50. — Part of a terra-cotta cinerary urn — Palermo. legs with claw-feet or other animals’ feet, at least never crossed legs, as in this restoration. Zannoni’s drawing looks exactly like the stool with crossed legs of compound curve which…
Furniture, Ancient · Beds · Seating (Furniture)
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
