Banquet Couch
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)....
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[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.
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