Studies in ancient furniture; couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : The University of Chicago Press · leaf 45
in the Parthenon is significant.^ Manyblack-figured vases show designs in whiteon beds with rectangular legs and incis-ions, and one is tempted to think that thecolor represents ivory. ^ The fact thativory was much used in ancient times forvarious purposes, comparatively morethan today, ^ increases… … Flc. 22.—Detail from a hanqiR-l-;figured vase.—Bri/ish ilii.uiini. ^ Dcm., XX\II, 31. See also two importantpassages quoted and briefly discussed undertechnic, p. 53. In one the reference is to Sicilianbeds; in the other there is nothing to indicate whetherGreek or foreign beds are intended.…
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