1.] Another throne of the same monarch's had two large and four small figures of men at the side, while the back was supported on either side by a human figure of superior dimensions.

The use of chairs with high backs, like these, was apparently confined to the monarchs.

Persons of less exalted rank were content to sit on seats which were either stools, or chairs with a low back level with the arms.
[Illustration: PLATE 85] Seats of this kind, whether thrones or chairs, were no doubt constructed mainly of wood.

The ornamental work may, however, have been of bronze, either cast into the necessary shape, or wrought into it by the hammer.
The animal heads at the ends of arms seem to have fallen under the latter description [PLATE LXXXV., Fig.

2.] In some cases, ivory was among the materials used: it has been found in the legs of a throne at Koyunjik, and may not improbably have entered into the ornamentation of the best furniture very much more generally.
The couches which we find represented upon the sculptures are of a simple character.