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marble, and carved with winged lions or griffins set back to back, each with a single leg, which formed the support of the pedestal on either side. In See also:

POMPEII

Pompeii there was a See also:

FINE

fine example in the See also:

house of See also:

Cornelius See also:

Rufus, which stood behind the See also:

IMPLUVIUM

impluvium. These side tables were known as mensae vasariae and were used for the display of vases, lamps, &c. Sometimes they were supported on four legs, the example at Pompeii (of which the museums at See also:

Naples and See also:

Rome contain many varieties) had two supports only, one at each end of the table. The term is also applied to a single leg with See also:

lion's See also:

head, See also:

BREAST (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. the Ger. Brust, possibly connected with an O. Sax. brustian, to bud)

breast and forepaws, which formed the front support of a See also:

THRONE

throne or See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair.

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