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 . of it. On the whole, perhaps, we may con-clude that it was not so elaborate in its nature as our own. The extensivearea occupied by open courts, and the comparative smallness of the habitablerooms, did not render much fm-niture necessary. The marble or mosaicfloors, and the painted stvicco walls, required no carpets or beds seem often to have stood in alcoves or recesses in the walls, andthere are indications tha
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 . of it. On the whole, perhaps, we may con-clude that it was not so elaborate in its nature as our own. The extensivearea occupied by open courts, and the comparative smallness of the habitablerooms, did not render much fm-niture necessary. The marble or mosaicfloors, and the painted stvicco walls, required no carpets or beds seem often to have stood in alcoves or recesses in the walls, andthere are indications that they were protected by a pole and rings with cur-tains. Traces of a folding screen have also been foimd, which may haveserved the same pm*pose. The paintmg of a bed in the small house nearthe Gate of Herculaneum, already described, shows one closelj resemblinga modern French bed. The bedstead seems to be either gold, or giltwood or metal. The mattress is white, with violet stripes and gold star-like spots. The cushion was also violet. We annex a woodcut of thispiece of furniture. It was probably in this instance more riclily decorated MOSAIC FOUNTAIN. ^^m^. THE RUINS OF POMPEII. 87
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