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Cupids working as shoemakers

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Description: Cupids working as shoemakers
TitleCupids working as shoemakers
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator rolePainter
Creation dateUnknown
Object typePainting
MaterialsFresco
DimensionsUnknown
LocationNational Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy
Accession number9179
SubjectsHerculaneum (Extinct city)Wall painting and decoration, Roman
StatusOriginally found at Herculaneum
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11. Furniture and Veneers
Roger B. Ulrich
Description: Roman Woodworking
Roman Woodworking
Over the past century a number of publications for a broad range of audiences have appeared on the subject of Greco-Roman furniture...
Author
Roger B. Ulrich
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2007 by Yale University
Related print edition pages: pp.213-238
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00107.014
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18400&redirecttoanchor=38653
Chapter subject tags:Furniture, RomanWoodwork, RomanHerculaneum (Extinct city)Veneers and veneering, Roman

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Description: View of the fauces of the Collegio degli Augustali, Herculaneum, from the inside of...
View of the fauces of the Collegio degli Augustali, Herculaneum, from the inside of the room
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
MaterialsWood
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
View of the fauces of the Collegio degli...
View of the fauces of the Collegio degli Augustali, Herculaneum, from the inside of the room
Description: A combination cupboard-aedicula (shrine) from Herculaneum
A combination cupboard-aedicula (shrine) from Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
DimensionsH: 1.65 m
A combination cupboard-aedicula (shrine)...
A combination cupboard-aedicula (shrine) from Herculaneum
Description: The wooden ceiling from the House of the Mosaic Atrium, Herculaneum
The wooden ceiling from the House of the Mosaic Atrium, Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date0–100 AD
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
The wooden ceiling from the House of the...
The wooden ceiling from the House of the Mosaic Atrium, Herculaneum
Description: The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, detail of the atrium pavilion superstructure
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, detail of the atrium pavilion superstructure
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 26
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationErcolano, Italy
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum,...
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, detail of the atrium pavilion superstructure
Description: Carbonized window shutters at Herculaneum along the north side of the decumanus
Carbonized window shutters at Herculaneum along the north side of the decumanus
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date0–100 AD
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
Carbonized window shutters at...
Carbonized window shutters at Herculaneum along the north side of the decumanus
Description: Wooden mensa delphica from Herculaneum
Wooden mensa delphica from Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleDesigner
Creation date0–100 AD
Object typeFurniture
DimensionsD: 57 cm; H: 64 cm
Wooden mensa delphica from Herculaneum
Wooden mensa delphica from Herculaneum
Description: Reconstruction of a wooden bed from Herculaneum
Reconstruction of a wooden bed from Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
Reconstruction of a wooden bed from...
Reconstruction of a wooden bed from Herculaneum
Description: Panel of giallo antico marble, with surrounding elements of cipollino, rosso antico...
Panel of giallo antico marble, with surrounding elements of cipollino, rosso antico and porta santa, House of Telephus, Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 06
Creator roleArtist
Creation dateAD 50–79
Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyph
Materialsgiallo antico marble
LocationHouse of Telephus, Pompeii
Panel of giallo antico marble, with...
Panel of giallo antico marble, with surrounding elements of cipollino, rosso antico and porta santa, House of Telephus, Herculaneum
Description: Bucksaw in use by two cupids, from a painting found in Herculaneum
Bucksaw in use by two cupids, from a painting found in Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator name (description)After Blumner 1875 [II], fig. 59
Creator roleIllustrator
Object typeIllustration
Bucksaw in use by two cupids, from a...
Bucksaw in use by two cupids, from a painting found in Herculaneum
Description: Painted coffers from the ceiling of the entrance vestibule of the House of the...
Painted coffers from the ceiling of the entrance vestibule of the House of the Samnite, Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date100–00 BC
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
Painted coffers from the ceiling of the...
Painted coffers from the ceiling of the entrance vestibule of the House of the Samnite, Herculaneum
Description: The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, atrium pavilion
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, atrium pavilion
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 26
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationErcolano, Italy
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum,...
The Suburban Baths at Herculaneum, atrium pavilion
Description: Herculaneum, Cardo IV, looking south
Herculaneum, Cardo IV, looking south
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationErcolano, Italy
Herculaneum, Cardo IV, looking south
Herculaneum, Cardo IV, looking south
Description: Remains of a masonry floor supported by wooden planking
Remains of a masonry floor supported by wooden planking
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date0–100 AD
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
Remains of a masonry floor supported by...
Remains of a masonry floor supported by wooden planking
Description: A lintel and door frame of a shop from Herculaneum
A lintel and door frame of a shop from Herculaneum
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
A lintel and door frame of a shop from...
A lintel and door frame of a shop from Herculaneum
Description: Modern centering in use at the site of Herculaneum for the restoration of barrel...
Modern centering in use at the site of Herculaneum for the restoration of barrel vaults
Posted by:John Carlson
May 10
Creator nationality/cultureRoman
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationHerculaneum, Italy
Modern centering in use at the site of...
Modern centering in use at the site of Herculaneum for the restoration of barrel vaults

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