Rod, chair

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust.

©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust.

Name/Title

Rod, chair

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 314

Description

Decorative iron rod coated in brass, possibly for a chair, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Possibly part of a Roman chair. "Usually all that survives of Roman furniture are the metal rods or fittings. Complete examples from Herculaneum in Italy, together with some pictures and surviving wooden fragments, show that the Romans used chairs, tables, couches, beds and chests." - From NMS Scran

Context

Found at Trimontium in Pit XVI

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 314

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Date made

80 - 180

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Chair

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Seating Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Getty AAT

Concept

chairs (furniture forms), rods (object genre)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I 15-216

Dimensions

Length

5 in

Material

Iron, Brass

Color

dark grey, Gold

Web Links and URLs

"A Roman Frontier Post and its People" J. Curle, p. 287, Pl. LXIV - 6, National Museums Scotland web link to object , Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium) , Artefact page on NMS Scran

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"A Roman Frontier Post and Its People" Chapter 13, p. 286 "...Plate LXIV., Fig. 6, also from Pit XVI, is likewise incomplete. It consists of a rectangular iron plate, 5 inches in length, overlaid with brass. At either end of it there projects a rod, the two rods being of unequal length, while on either side of the plate are ornamental projections resembling a fleur-de-lys in shape. These last have also been plated with brass. The use of this object remains uncertain."