The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . t, onwhich was placed a moveable frame or tray {ferculum) containing the tray was changed according to the number of courses. ]\larble tables, with beautifully sculptmed legs, wereperhaps sometimes used as diningtables, but more usually for the dis-play of some rich and costly article, asa vase, a lamp, a small statue, or thelike. Such tables were commonlyplaced in the tablinum, though in asomewhat different form they ar
The ruins of Pompeii : a series of eighteen photographic views : with an account of the destruction of the city, and a description of the most interesting remains . t, onwhich was placed a moveable frame or tray {ferculum) containing the tray was changed according to the number of courses. ]\larble tables, with beautifully sculptmed legs, wereperhaps sometimes used as diningtables, but more usually for the dis-play of some rich and costly article, asa vase, a lamp, a small statue, or thelike. Such tables were commonlyplaced in the tablinum, though in asomewhat different form they are alsofound in the atrium, and most com-monly over a well behind the implu-vium, where they might serve to holddiinking vessels, or things intended tobe cooled in the water. There is anelegant specimen of such a table in theatrium of the house of Cornelius Rufus,a view of which has been given above(p. 74). In this instance, as will beseen, the table is wanting, and thelegs alone remain, sculptured in theresemblance of some fabulous animal,MOVEABLE xnipOD. ftud jouied togcthcr by a marble slab, also riclily sculptured. They had also small bronze tables, gene-. THE RUINS OF POMPEII. 89 rally tripods, very elegantly wrought, which served, like the small tables inour drawing-rooms, to hold a vase of .flowers, or any similar purpose. Sometimes these had a top of rosso antico, or some other costly marble. Suchtables were frequently constructed to open or shut at pleasure, each of thelegs being united to the others by two braces, the lower ends of which movedup and down upon rings, while at the upper ends, and where they crossedeach other, they could only move round a pin or hinge. The construc-tion of this kind of table is shown in the cut in ]). 88; which, however, is avery plain sjjecimen of such a piece of furniture. Of all the articles of ancient domestic use, lamps and candelabra arethose which have come down to us in the greatest number and variet}.The Roman lamp, so far as its
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