Roman Furniture

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Yes, I found many of these Renaissance period chairs, all claiming to be inspired by Roman and Greek era chairs...but no originals...

I ordered a simple one for about 45euro from Germany, but only going on the traders sayso.
Frustrating. But will use it until there is definate proof the yare not based on ancient pieces.
A compromise, but until I leather the folding stools, will have to do.
I am at a loss to know where to look, apart from ask a professor..... :-? (not that I know many)

[Doc]

Hi Byron,

I see that you too have the same problem having to go on the hearsay of the manufacturer. Would you happen to have the name of this place you purchased your chair from. The ones that I have seen expect something in the 500 dollars US.

Thanks

[richsc]

The folding stools I've seen have that peculiar cut out on one side, and no central bar. This always seems so incredibly weak for a military campaign. The odd folding does not seem to save much space. Except, when you consider how important toilets are to Romans. The Latrina and Fornicae book made me consider, plus the idea that most of these are found in camps, that they're actually portable toilet seats. Which means that they don't have to be all that strong, and when not on campaign are stored in a fort and probably forgotten about.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Hmmm, they are pretty robust...but then you would want that for a toilet seat too.... :wink: :wink:
Would want to fall into the latrine now, would you?

[agrimensor]

I'll try to make pictures this weekend in the museum, i think they have one, also the RMO in Leiden Netherlands has one.
keep you posted.

[Robert Vermaat]

We use fairly simple wooden folding seats with leather covers.

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[agrimensor]

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Folding stool (iron) from the Thermen museum heerlen, original find a grave in Maastricht.

[jvrjenivs]

Folding stool (iron) from the Thermen museum heerlen, original find a grave in Maastricht.

Is that a stool or a table frame? There are similar finds from Nijmegen which are most probably folding tables instead of stools.

[jvrjenivs]

Wooden folding stool (reproduction with originals pieces next to it) in Museum het Valkhof (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) from womens grave in Hatert, Nijmegen

[agrimensor]

don't know have to ask??

[Sutoris]

Hi,
I took this picture at the Museo della Civilta Romana last year
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[Robert Vermaat]

I took this picture at the Museo della Civilta Romana last year

Nice! Difficult to say of course whether it's metal or wood (but I opt for the latter).

[Doc]

In that sculpture, that bar that goes across in the back with what appears to be a pillow on it, is it representing a high back rest with arm rests? If you were to look at a chair straight on, it would appear to have a linear back rest and the arm rests projecting towards the viewer would be two knobs or just become part of the rear piece.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Good observation Doc, and thanks for posting that picture.
It says it all really!

[Maximio]

Chad, if your looking for info on other forms of furniture a book I would strongly recommend is A.T. Croom's "Roman FUrniture" published by Tempus. I've done a quick look on Amazon and it is certainly available on their British site for £16.99.
It covers a whole range of items from chairs, cupboards, bed's couches etc and the related soft furnishings. Plenty of line drawings and photos of source material. If you have access to a good carpenter with an adventurous spirit you may be able to commission the work.