Studies in Ancient Furniture; Couches And Beds of the Greeks, Etruscans And Romans
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there were instances of couches of solid silver.' Both silver and gold found constant subsidiary use in enriching other materials.'^ Jewels Finally couches were even adorned with jewels.' Techuic Thc tcchuic of two classes of early Roman couches is illustrated in extant Early Period specimcus. I rcfcr to thc various bronze and bone parts of couches scattered in the museums of Europe and thc United States. Hitherto unpublished specimens in bronze are given in Plates VIII-XIX, and details in rega...rd to them in Section I of the Supplementary Matter. For the general facts as to the construction of these Bronze Couches bcds scc undcr the Greek period, pp. 41 and 50. Only recently has the construction of couches of bone been better under- Couches of Bone stood. The first spccimcn to attract attention, one found at Norcia, was put together by Pasqui without reference to other monumental evidence."^ The bed from Orvieto which is published here (Plates XX-XXVI) was apparently restored de St. Germain jxissess folding stools of iron, and gold-room of the Louvre is a folding stool from there is another in private possession in England Ostia, of iron plated with silver.
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