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Source Description
The dining room, or "triclinium," of a Roman house derived its name from the three couches that were grouped at right angles to one another in a U-shape. Wealthy citizens ate while reclining on these couches. On this example, bronze fittings decorate a wood frame (restored). Straps originally would have supported a mattress covered with luxurious textiles. The ends of the couch are decorated with bronze fulcra, the curving ends of the armrests, which terminate in lion heads in the front and duck heads in the back. Couches were highly valued pieces of furniture that were often buried with honored family members.
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Document identity
localId
29041
label
Banquet Couch
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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29041
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Banquet Couch
description
The dining room, or "triclinium," of a Roman house derived its name from the three couches that were grouped at right angles to one another in a U-shape. Wealthy citizens ate while reclining on these couches. On this example, bronze fittings decorate a wood frame (restored). Straps originally would have supported a mattress covered with luxurious textiles. The ends of the couch are decorated with bronze fulcra, the curving ends of the armrests, which terminate in lion heads in the front and duck heads in the back. Couches were highly valued pieces of furniture that were often buried with honored family members.
provenance
[Found in a Chamber tomb near Canossa (?)]; Arnold Ruesch, Zurich; Ruesch Collection Sale, Lucerne, 1936; William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, 1936, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, New York, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N4718; assembled as ""Honor chair""]; Brummer Collection Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, June 8, 1949, p. 8, no. 38; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
date
1st century BC (Late Hellenistic-early Imperial)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
sofas
couches
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3
pageCount
3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
81.2
height
194.9
depth
71.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 31 15/16 x W: 76 3/4 x D: 28 1/4 in. (81.2 x 194.9 x 71.7 cm)
Source extras
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Roman
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bronze, wood frame, bedding
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6191
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ROM
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2507
2237
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1
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