Mau, August: Pompeii: its life and art (New York , London: The MacMillan Company, 1899)

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found in great numbers. Such are the lamps, the bronze lamp
stands, the kitchen utensils, the table furnishings, and the toilet
articles of bronze, ivory,"or bone.
The wooden frame and end board of one of the dining couches
just mentioned was completely charred, but the form was clearly
indicated, and the wood-
work has been restored
(Fig. 180). The couch
is now in the Naples
Museum, as are also the
other articles of furniture
illustrated in this chapter.
The half figures on the
front of the end board,
shown more plainly in the
detail at the left of the
illustration, were cast;
the rest of the mounting was repousse work. The bronze on the
side toward the table was inlaid with silver. The end boards
were placed at the head of the up-
per couch and the foot of the lower
one (p. 258); the middle couch
did not have a raised end. The
mattress rested on straps stretched
across the frame. The dining
room in which the couches were
found adjoins the tablinum of a
house in the seventh Region (VII.
ii. 18).
The carved marble supports of
a gartibulum are shown in Fig.
116; a complete table of a plainer
type is seen in Plate VII. An example of a round marble table,
found in 1827 in a house near the Forum, is presented in Fig.
181. The three legs are carved to represent those of lions, a
lion’s head being placed at the top of each. A table of similar
design was found in the peristyle of the house of the Vettii,
with traces of yellow color on the manes of the lions.

Fig. 181. — Round marble table.


Fig. 182. — Carved table leg, found in
the second peristyle of the house
of the Faun.