Studies in ancient furniture; couches and beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans (1905)
Williams, Caroline Ransom · Chicago : The University of Chicago Press · leaf 48
blocks at theground level. If these blocks rep-resent the ends of timbers betweenthe legs at the short sides of thebed, the latter is, indeed, strength-ened in the crosswise direction,but not in its length. Possibly,therefore, the blocks or braces inquestion are to be thought of asfastened, either… … Fig.PenL-l(j[x 26.—The slaying, upon the return of Odysseus,Detail from a yase-painting.—Berlin. pf the suitors of Plank Construc-tions 44 MATERIALS, TECHXIC, AXD CENTERS OF MAXUFACTURE rectangular in plan, or possibly have the corners rounded off, and taper with aslightly concave profile downward.…
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