Fig. 199.—Footstool, from a bas-relief ; from Layard. sculptor has confined himself to the scrupulous reproduction of hismodel, We may see how these objects were upholstered. Acushion of some woven material with long bright-coloured woollenfringes, was fitted to the seat. The wrhole 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 Ninive, 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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