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 i8 A History of Art in Citai. d. ea and Assyria. end of the upper cross-bar; 1 the leg shows the capital with drooping leaves noticed above ; volutes, opposed to each other as in the capital from Persepolis, ornament the cross-bar which holds the uprights together. In this piece of furniture, where the Fig. 199. — Footstool, from a bas-relief ; from Layard. sculptor has confined himself to the scrupulous reproduction of his model, We may see how these objects were upholstered. A cushion of some woven material with long bright-coloured woollen fringes, was fitted to the seat. The w r hole is characterized by Fig. 200. — Stool ; from Layard. happy proportions and severe simplicity of design. We know from the Sippara tablet that even the gods were sometimes 1 In Botta, Monument de Ninive, plate 164, a bronze bull's head is figured which must have been used as the arm of a chair.