Rome. Furniture and Appliances of Antiquity. Pompeii, Herculanean.

ROME. FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES.

No. 1. Marble Curulian armchair, found in the Roman Forum on the site of the ancient Roman tribunal under Paul III.
Nos. 2, 3. Geometric front and back view of the armchair without the base, after Piranesi.
No. 4. Bedstead, found in Pompeii in 1868.
No. 5. Iron suitcase from Pompeii.
Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9. Three keys and a lock, after a cut stone in the museum of Florence.
Nos. 10, 11. Four-legged table and cupboard after Herculanean wall paintings.
No. 12. Terracotta casting vessel. From the Hamilton Collection.

Source: History of Costume in Chronological Development by Auguste Racinet. Edited by Adolf Rosenberg. Published by Firmin-Didot et cie. Paris, 1888.

Religious sacrificial ceremonies of Romans in ancient times.

The clothing of the vestal virgins. The cult of Vesta in ancient Rome.

Pontifex Maximus. Roman high priest of antiquity. Collegium Pontificum.

An Augur. Roman official priesthood.

Roman clothing in its diversity and development.

Shoes of antiquity. Sandals, closed footwear of the ancient world.

The Togatus and the Roman ladies of the imperial period.

Roman Costume and Fashion History

The early toga. Former roman clothing. 700 BC. – 500 BC.

Roman headgear and hairdos of antiquity.

Roman soldiers and gladiators. Function, armor and armament.

A quadriga. Greek-Roman Gods. The ancient greek-roman culture.

Roman crowns and wreaths. Corona triumphalis, civica, muralis.

Imperial Roman. Clothing of Lictor, General, Triumpher, Magistrate.

Civil and clerical clothing of the ancient Roman Empire.

Britain under Roman rule. Celt and Roman. England 43 BC to 440 AD.

Byzantine fashion history. Costumes and modes from 5th to 6th century.

The Gallic and Gallo-Roman costume period.

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