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Ancient Greek furniture was typically constructed out of wood, though it might also be made of stone or metal, such as bronze, iron, gold, and silver. Little wood survives from ancient Greece, though varieties mentioned in texts concerning Greece and Rome include maple, oak, beech, yew, and willow. [56]
Pages in category "Ancient Roman furniture" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
19th century drawing of ancient Romans on accubita. Accubitum (pl.: accubita) was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the triclinium or dining room, for reclining upon at meals. It was also sometimes the name of the dining room itself or a niche for a couch.
The Romans may have seen the first dining klinai used by the Etruscans but may have refined the practice when they later came to closer contact with the Greek culture. A reproduction of a biclinium. Dining was the defining ritual in Roman domestic life, lasting from late afternoon through late at night.
Stibadium of Plinius, reconstruction by Karl Friedrich Schinkel Stibadium of Roman villa of Faragola with the water basin in the centre. The stibadium (pl.: stibadia) [1] is a later form of the ancient Roman lectus triclinaris, the reclining seat used by diners in the triclinium. Originally, the lecti were arranged in a group of three in a semi ...
A curule seat probably designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, made in carved wood and gilded ca. 1810 in Berlin, later restored and reupholstered by a private dealer. A curule seat is a design of a (usually) foldable and transportable chair noted for its uses in Ancient Rome and Europe through to the 20th century.
The evolution of furniture design continued in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, with thrones being commonplace as well as the klinai, multipurpose couches used for relaxing, eating, and sleeping. The furniture of the Middle Ages was usually heavy, oak , and ornamented.
Diagram of a typical Roman domus, with a taberna on each side of the entrance. A taberna (pl.: tabernae) was a type of shop or stall in Ancient Rome.Originally meaning a single-room shop for the sale of goods and services, tabernae were often incorporated into domestic dwellings on the ground level flanking the fauces, the main entrance to a home, but with one side open to the street.