Wooden Furniture in Herculaneum : Form, Technique and Function

by: Mols, S.T.A.M.

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Wooden furniture in Herculaneum : form, technique and function

Author: Stephanus Theodorus Adrianus Maria Mols

Series:
Circumvesuviana, v. 2

321 pages, [122] pages of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm.

Contents:
Ch. 1. General Framework
Ch. 2. Carbonization, Excavation and Preservation
Ch. 3. Form
Ch. 4. Materials and Techniques
Ch. 5. Function
Catalogue: The Wooden Furniture from Herculaneum
App. 1. Archive material and publications (1740-1982)
App. 2. Unidentified fragments
App. 3. Casts of wooden furniture in Pompeii

Slightly rev. version of the author's dissertation

Subjects:
Décoration intérieure Italie Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
Furniture, Ancient
Furniture, Ancient Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Herculanum (ville ancienne) Antiquités
Hout
Interior decoration
Interior decoration Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Meubelkunst
Meubles Italie Herculanum (Italie)
Meubles anciens Italie Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
Meubles antiques Italie Herculanum (ville ancienne)
Romeinse oudheid

This study presents an overview of the wooden furniture that has come to light since the rediscovery of Herculaneum in the 18th century, with an emphasis on the form, function and the techniques employed. The combination of comments in the excavation reports with the information derived from the surviving pieces of furniture and fittings made of other materials as well as indications for the presence of furniture in the architecture and decoration of the houses, offers a representative idea of the role of wooden furniture in the interior arrangements of the houses at Herculaneum.

Wooden Furniture in Herculaneum : Form, Technique and Function

by: Mols, S.T.A.M.

• ISBN-13: 9789050633178 / 978-90-5063-317-8
• ISBN-03: 905063317X / 90-5063-317-X
• J.C. Gieben, Amsterdam, 1999

Price: 250,00 EURO

1 copy in stock