Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
Province
Location
Location Description
An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D.79. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Insula
III
House
11
Garden
Casa del Tramezzo di Legno
Keywords
Garden Description
537.III.11. Casa del Tramezzo di Legno The excavation of this house was begun in 1869-1875, but the excavation of the garden and restoration of the house was completed in the time period from January 1928 to December 1929. A wide opening on the west offered a view of the garden from the triclinium(b) directly across the way. A narrow storeroom (c) on the south had a small loggiasupported by slender columns overhead which provided a view down into the garden. The south garden wall was decorated with a garden painting. A combination of the painting's poor condition and the artist's strange sense of perspective caused difficulty ininterpretation. The typical lattice fence would appear to recede to form an apse for the fountain, however the lattice is painted over the fountain, a robust bowl-shaped affair, making it appear neither in front nor in back. An arbor was perhaps included,but the plaster was extensively damaged in this area. The birds were unusual, a small light colored bird perched on the right rim of the fountain was unable to be identified and on each side of the fountain at the base was a large sleepy duck (Anas sp.).A small slender heron on the right is picking at a snake. Beyond the fence various indistinct shrubs are painted on a yellow background. Between the two east pillars of the north wall the cisternmouth received water collected by the gutter which ran around the perimeter of the garden.
Plans
Images
Places
Dates
unspecified
Excavation Dates
1869-1875
Bibliography
- Jashemski, Gardens, 1:59,and fig. 94 on p. 58 (worldcat)
- Jashemski, Gardens, Vol.II, P. 370 (worldcat)
- Maiuri, Herculaneum, pp. 35-36 (worldcat)
- Maiuri, Ercolano, pp. 231, 217-218 and fig. 162 (plan) on p. 208 (worldcat)