ROMAN INTERIORS

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Deeksha Srivastava Harkeerat Kaur Munjal

Manish Rajput

ROMAN INTERIORS• At first the stucco finished walls were simply marked off into

panels of rectangle shape, painted in deep and rich colors with red and yellow predominating.

• Then in the middle of these panels elaborate pictures, figures, interiors, landscapes, etc. of large sizes were skill fully done.

• A little later the walls began to be covered with panels of thin slabs of marble with a cornice.

• Beautiful effects were produced by the combination of marble of different tints.

• Later it raised with stucco work, enriched with gold and colors.

Floor • Floors were covered with marble tiles arranged in

geometrical figures with contrasting colors or with mosaic pictures.

• Roman ceilings were often barrel vaulted and painted in bright colors, or divided deeply into sunk panels by heavy intersecting beams of marble or wood.

• And then decorated in the most elaborate manner with raise stucco work, or gold or ivory, or with bronze plates.

Lights and lamps• Roman lamps were relatively simple items, simply

a vessel that held olive oil or melted grease.• Through which there was a hole through which

the lamp was filled.• As works of interior and decorative art such lamps

were often quite beautiful though.• Even lamps made of cheap materials were often

of grateful form and proportions.• These lamps were meant to be carried in the hand

like lanterns or supposed to be suspended from the ceiling by hanging chains.

Doors and doorways• Doors and doorways gave

opportunities for artistic treatment.• Doors were elaborately pannelled

and carved or were plated with bronze or made of solid bronze.

• The posters were sheathed with marbles ordinarily carved with elaborated design.

Roman Furniture• Roman houses tended to be sparse, since the

occupants liked space and simplicity in their décor.• Beauty was created by mosaics, frescos, and water

features and other features of roman interiors rather than by use of elaborate furnishing.

• Pictures of ancient roman furniture painted in frescos and other artworks, together with few pieces still are in existence today.

• The main items of roman furniture found in the best houses were couches (Lectus), chairs and stools, tables and lamps adding chests or wooden cabinets.

CHAIRS AND STOOLS• The early form of chairs among the roman, The Sedile,

was the backless stool or bench with four perpendicular legs.

• It was the regular seat for a person, used by men or women resting or working

• The Solium an upright, high backed chair with solid arms was used by the master of the house when receiving visitors.

• Later The Cathedra became popular, this was a more comfortable chair, without arms and with curved back.

THE SOLIUM

THE CATHEDRA

THE CURULE

Roman bed and couches• The Lectus, or couch, or bed, was perhaps the most

important items of roman style furniture.• It had a headboard, and was furnished with pillows,

cushions and coverlet.• The legs were often highly decorated with precious

metals.• The coverings were often made of finest fabrics, dyed

in the brilliant colors and worked with figures of gold.• The couches used as sleeping beds seems to have been

larger than those used as sofas.

Chests and cabinets • Wooden chests bound with

ornamented hinges and locks of bronze were used for storage of clothes and other things not constantly needed.

• It is also used for putting away of important documents, money, jewelry.

• Wooden cabinets with doors, or armania, were often divided into compartment or shelves and supplied with locks and hinges.

• Cabinets were used in roman libraries to place books.

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