Wooden bed frame of a Roman banquet couch. The scrolled arm rests at either end are decorated with bronze fittings in the shop of lions' heads. The legs are also of bronze terminating in a wooden base.

Frame (wood restored) of a 1st c. BC Roman banquet couch, found in a chamber tomb near Canosa di Puglia, Italy. Walters Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland inv. 54.2365.

Online Resources
Photo: Walters Museum
Associated Passages
Ovid, Amores 1.4