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1977; Museum of London, model of roman room showing furniture types
Romerskt kök
Lectus (metal fittings ancient; wood modern); 1982; Bardo Museum
1977; Museum of London, model of roman room showing furniture types
Romerskt kök
Lectus (metal fittings ancient; wood modern); 1982; Bardo Museum
Couch and footstool with bone carvings and glass inlays
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD
These pieces of furniture have been reassembled from fragments, some of which may
come from the imperial villa of Lucius Verus (co-emperor 161-169 AD), on the Via Cassia
outside Rome. It is not certain that the square glass panels are original to the frame and
stool, but the carved bone inlays are paralleled on other Roman couches. On the couch legs
are friezes of huntsmen, horses, and hounds flanking Ganymede, the handsome Trojan youth
who was abducted by Zeus in the guise of an eagle to serve as his wine steward. On the footstool
are scenes of winged cupids and leopards, and on the sides of the bedframe, the striking lion
protomes have eyes inlaid with glass.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elissacorsini/sets/72157594360934999/
Romerska saker:
http://www.recuperando.it/pagine/index.asp?Lingua=2&Area=2
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD
These pieces of furniture have been reassembled from fragments, some of which may
come from the imperial villa of Lucius Verus (co-emperor 161-169 AD), on the Via Cassia
outside Rome. It is not certain that the square glass panels are original to the frame and
stool, but the carved bone inlays are paralleled on other Roman couches. On the couch legs
are friezes of huntsmen, horses, and hounds flanking Ganymede, the handsome Trojan youth
who was abducted by Zeus in the guise of an eagle to serve as his wine steward. On the footstool
are scenes of winged cupids and leopards, and on the sides of the bedframe, the striking lion
protomes have eyes inlaid with glass.
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elissacorsini/sets/72157594360934999/
Romerska saker:
http://www.recuperando.it/pagine/index.asp?Lingua=2&Area=2
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