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Ancient furniture was made of many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be covered with upholstery, upholstery being padding, springs, webbing, and leather. Features which would mark the top of furniture, called finials, were common. To decorate furniture, contrasting pieces would be inserted into depressions in the furniture. This practice is called inlaying.

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  • Ancient furniture (en)
  • Meubles de l'Antiquité grecque et romaine (fr)
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  • Ancient furniture was made of many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be covered with upholstery, upholstery being padding, springs, webbing, and leather. Features which would mark the top of furniture, called finials, were common. To decorate furniture, contrasting pieces would be inserted into depressions in the furniture. This practice is called inlaying. (en)
  • Les meubles de l'Antiquité grecque et romaine sont connus par l'archéologie, mais plus encore par les innombrables stèles funéraires, céramiques peintes et autres supports. Le mobilier antique était normalement fait de bois, mais les exemplaires coûteux étaient souvent agrémentés d’éléments en métal qui ont de meilleures chances de survie. Les styles étaient généralement plutôt légers et élégants dans le mobilier de la classe supérieure mais, selon les normes modernes, les meubles n'apparaissent pas très confortables. Certains objets entièrement métalliques tels que les chandeliers, braseros et objets de sacrifice, ont survécu et d'autres, recouverts par l'éruption du Vésuve, ont été carbonisés ou leur empreinte, restée moulée dans la roche volcanique, a pu être coulée en plâtre, donnant u (fr)
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