. Pompeii : its life and art . Fig. 180. — Dining couch with bronze mountings, the wooden frame being restored. were ordinarily of wood, which crumbled away, leaving slighttraces. Reference has been made elsewhere to the marbletables standing in the atrium, and occasionally in other parts ofthe house. Tables of bronze are infrequently met with, whilebronze chairs are almost as rare as bronze couches. Wood was not a suitable material for many classes of smallerarticles, and these, made of bronze, clay, glass, or stone, are 361 \62 POMPEII. Fisr. 181. — Round marble table. found in great numbers
. Pompeii : its life and art . Fig. 180. — Dining couch with bronze mountings, the wooden frame being restored. were ordinarily of wood, which crumbled away, leaving slighttraces. Reference has been made elsewhere to the marbletables standing in the atrium, and occasionally in other parts ofthe house. Tables of bronze are infrequently met with, whilebronze chairs are almost as rare as bronze couches. Wood was not a suitable material for many classes of smallerarticles, and these, made of bronze, clay, glass, or stone, are 361 \62 POMPEII. Fisr. 181. — Round marble table. found in great numbers. Such are the lamps, the bronze lampstands, the kitchen utensils, the table furnishings, and the toiletarticles of bronze, ivory, or bone. The wooden frame and end board of one of the dining couchesjust mentioned was completely charred, but the form was clearly indicated, and the wood-work has been restored(Fig. 180). The couchis now in the NaplesMuseum, as are also theother articles of furnitureillustrated irt this half figures on thefront of the end board,shown more plainly in thedetail at the left of theillustration, were cast;the rest of the mounting was repousse work. The bronze on theside toward the table was inlaid with silver. The end boardswere placed at the head of the up-per couch and the foot of the lowerone (p. 258); the middle couchdid not have a raised end. Themattress rested on straps stretchedacross the frame. The diningroom in which the couches werefound adjoins the tablinum of ahouse in the sevent
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