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Furniture. 3?7 Two pieces of the same kind found at Nimroud are more complex in design. In one we have a bouquet of leaves reminding us of the Corinthian capital (Fig. 197), while, in the other, a band seems to hold two lance heads, opposed to each other at their base, and two bean-shaped fruits, against the shaft (198). Fig. 196.— Capital and upper part of a small column. Height 2 feet. British Museum, As for the feet of all kinds of furniture, the favourite shapes are pine cones (Figs. 47 and 127) and lions' paws (Figs. 47 and 199). These elaborate decorations are found not only on the royal thrones but also on the footstools which are their necessary complement (Fig. 199), and on the seats without backs which were Figs. 197, 198. — Fragments of bronze furniture ; from Lay ard. used, perhaps, instead of the more unwieldy throne when the king was away from his capital (Fig. 200). The footstool has lions'-claw feet, the more important object has rams' heads at each who first drew our attention to the fragment, provided us with a photograph of it, and is of that opinion,