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TRAPEZOPHORON

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 213 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TRAPEZOPHORON , the Greek
term
  (from rpairq"a, table, and cf;,Epew, to
bear
 ) given to the leg or pedestal of a small side table, generally in
marble
 , and carved with winged lions or griffins set back to back, each with a single leg, which formed the support of the pedestal on either side. In Pompeii there was a fine example in the
house
  of Cornelius Rufus, which stood behind the
impluvium
 . These side tables were known as mensae vasariae and were used for the display of vases, lamps, &c. Sometimes they were supported on four legs, the example at Pompeii (of which the museums at Naples and Rome contain many varieties) had two supports only, one at each end of the table. The
term
  is also applied to a single leg with
lion
 's head, breast and forepaws, which formed the front support of a throne or chair.


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