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第 章 1 古代与古典 ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL 令人费解的时代 It’s All Greek to Me 本章提要 除建筑原理和风格之外，许多家具类型的起源也可以追溯到古埃及，尤其是 古希腊和古罗马。 埃及 希腊 家具类型 家具类型 座具 (希腊) 复兴时期 桌类和床类 罗马 储藏类 家具类型 材料 技术 1 P1-14/1.indd 1  Chapter one he earliest years from which anything is known about furniture can be very roughly (or neatly, depending on one’s point of view) divided into two periods and labeled (1) ancient, Tfrom about 3000 B.C. to slightly later than 500 B.C., and (2) classical, beginning about 500 B.C. and ending (depending on one’s point of view) either about 300 B.C. or 500 A.D. around the “fall” of Rome. It would be logical to expect that the later the period and the closer it is to the pres- ent, the more reliable, or at least the more abundant the historical evidence. Now any number of cultural biases can affect this evidence, whether it is in words, pictures, or things. One should always be a bit sus