Greek Furniture Flashcards
Diphros
Stool without arms or back
Diphros
Folding stool
Klismo
Wooden chair. Often with saber legs and a splat back.
Saber legs
Furniture legs shaped like a tiger fang
Splat
Wooden panel on back of chair with a *still
Vertical wood strip on either side
Thronos
Formal chair of honor. Highly decorated
Kline
Bed that functioned like a modern sofa
Trapeza
Tables used for serving and eating meals. Mostly 3 legged
Mosaic
Small squares of stone or glass set in cement and arranged in a pattern.
Pebble mosaic
Made of pebbles left in original shape
Tesserae moaaic
Made with stones cut in specific shapes
Greek guilloche
Greek molding in a wavy or snake pattern with circle in the middle
Dentil
Small rectangular blocks resembling teeth and used as a decoration in architecture
Krater
Used for mixing wine with water
Kylix
A drinking cup