Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 266
vre, a cast of which is nowin the Kensington Museum (Fig.219). The form of the Romanairule chair was like the letter X,and was so called because it couldbe folded and carried easily in thecurules or chariots. It was usedfrom the earliest times of theRomans down to modern days in Italy, and was… … Fig. 217.—jNIarble Candela-brum, Roman. 248 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. ornate kind of seat with turned legs similar to the couches(Fig. 220). In the houses of the Romans a separate room or ward-
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