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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 357

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Fig. 199.—Footstool, from a bas-relief ; from Layard. sculptor has confined himself to tlie scrupulous reproduction of hismodel, we may see how these objects were upholstered. Acushion of some woven material with long bright-coloured woollenfrino-es, was fitted to the seat. The whole is… … Fig. 200.—Stool; from Layard. happy proportions and severe simplicity of design. We knowfrom the Sippara tablet that even the gods were sometimes 1 In BoTTA, Monument de Niiiive, plate 164, a bronze bulls head is figured whichmust have been used as the arm of a chair. Furniture. 319 content with…

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