Couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : University of Chicago Press · leaf 48
ate. The pas- sages referred to in the preceding para- graphs and others, as many as are known to me, in which beds are men- tioned, do not yield anything decisive about technic. Perhaps the problems may be best approached by consider- Fig. 23. — Detail from the scene “Theseus Slaying Procrustes.”… … Fig. 24. — Detail from a red-figured vase-painting. — Arche- The tenons are round. The uprights of ological Museum, Florence. the headboard are in one piece with the legs, as modern chair backs and legs are usually made; only here it seems probable, to judge by the generally rude appear- ance of…
Furniture, Ancient · Beds · Seating (Furniture)
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