Mee NIVER SITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 
Studies in Ancient Furniture 
Couches and Beds of the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans 
By CAROLINE L. RANSOM 
Fellow in the History of Art in 
the University of Chicago 
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weds and couches of the classical 
wtiod has been treated exhaust- 
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ool uy ‘cholarly contribution to the archaeology of furniture. No phase of the subject is over- 
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