page_title: Ancient furniture
hierarchical_section_title: Ancient furniture
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Grabstele der Hegeso, auf dem Kerameikos in Athen. English: Modern copy of the funerary stele of Hegeso, on the Kerameikos in Athens. Italiano: Questa copia moderna del celebre monumento funerarrio di Hegeso, d'epoca greca classica, è esposta al Cimitero del Ceramico ad Atene.
context_page_description: There are few survivals of ancient Greek and Roman furniture, but a number of images in reliefs, painted pottery and other media. It was normally made of wood, but expensive examples were often fitted with metalwork elements, which have a better chance of survival. The styles were generally rather light and elegant in upper-class furniture, and by modern standards apparently not heavily upholstered.
  Some items entirely in metal, such as lampstands, braziers and stands for sacrifice, have survived, and some covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have either been carbonized or left hollows in the volcanic rock that can be used as moulds for plaster of Paris, allowing a clear idea of their original form. The rich had tables and chairs supported by marble, and some of these have survived. Wicker was widely used for armchairs.
context_section_description: There are few survivals of ancient Greek and Roman furniture, but a number of images in reliefs, painted pottery and other media. It was normally made of wood, but expensive examples were often fitted with metalwork elements, which have a better chance of survival. The styles were generally rather light and elegant in upper-class furniture, and by modern standards apparently not heavily upholstered.
  Some items entirely in metal, such as lampstands, braziers and stands for sacrifice, have survived, and some covered by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have either been carbonized or left hollows in the volcanic rock that can be used as moulds for plaster of Paris, allowing a clear idea of their original form.  The rich had tables and chairs supported by marble, and some of these have survived. Wicker was widely used for armchairs.
caption: Grave Stele of Hegeso (replica), showing image of a klismos, ca. 420 BCE.
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