Herculaneum III.11. Casa del Tramezzo di Legno or House of the Wooden Screen.
Excavated between 1928-29.
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According to Maiuri, this house with its front façade preserved up to the second storey, and the portal, windows and small lights which break it at various heights, offers one of the most complete examples of a private house façade at either Pompeii or Herculaneum. This clearly patrician house originally extended across the entire insula, but later some of the rooms were detached and became humble dwellings and shops for artisan workers.
Entrance
III.11 Herculaneum, September 2015. Entrance doorway.
Cardo IV Inferiore, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south from near doorway to III.11
Ins. IV on left, Ins. III on right, Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south along Cardo IV Inferiore towards doorway, centre right.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012. Looking west towards upper floor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
lll.11 Herculaneum, October 2012. Upper floor. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III,11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Looking towards upper floor and detail of balcony. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III,11 Herculaneum, May 2004. Looking across to upper floor and balcony, from IV.8. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III,11 Herculaneum, 7th August 1976. Upper floor. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
III.11 Herculaneum. June 2011.
Cardo IV Inferiore, looking south along the west side, towards doorway of III.11. Photo courtesy of Sera Baker.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Cardo IV Inferiore, looking south along the west side, towards doorway of III.11.
III,11 Herculaneum, 1964.
Looking south along Cardo IV Inferiore, with House of the Wooden Partition, on right. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Cardo IV Inferiore, Herculaneum. 1932. P.C. H.36. Photo by P. C.
Looking south along the west side of Cardo IV Inferiore, towards doorway of III.11, the House of the Wooden Partition,
Used with the permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.
File name instarchbx92im005 Resource ID 41154.
See photo on University
of Oxford HEIR database
III.11 Herculaneum. Undated postcard entitled “Prospetti di edifici”.
Looking south towards front façade of III.11 (Casa del Tramezzo di Legno or House of the Wooden Screen).
Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south along two masonry benches outside front facade.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012. Looking towards entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2006. Entrance doorway, looking west.
Entrance corridor 1
III.11 Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking west along entrance corridor 1 towards atrium.
III.11
Herculaneum. Photo by Theodor Benzinger.
Looking west
across atrium 6 towards wooden screen/partition into tablinum, from entrance
corridor 1.
Used with the
permission of the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford. File name
INSTARCHbx21im001 Resource ID 37883.
See photo on University of Oxford HEIR database
III.11 Herculaneum, June 2017,
Room 1, painted decoration on south wall of entrance corridor, looking east. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III,11, Herculaneum, June 2017,
Room 1, painted decoration on north wall of entrance corridor, looking east. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.11 Herculaneum. March 2014. Room 1,
looking east along north wall of entrance corridor.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 1, painted decoration on north wall of entrance corridor, looking west.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012. Looking west from entrance corridor into atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Room 3
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, looking south through doorway from entrance corridor.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, south wall with recess at west end.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, detail from south wall.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, recess in south wall.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010.
Room 3, looking towards the upper south-west corner, with remains of holes for support beams for flooring.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, arched niche in west wall of upper floor.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 3, looking south to upper floor.
Room
6, atrium
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2021. Room 6, atrium, looking south-west to ceiling and compluvium. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, ceiling and compluvium in atrium.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2001. Room 6, ceiling and compluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, detail of waterspouts in compluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, detail of waterspouts in compluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, detail of waterspouts in compluvium.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, detail of waterspouts in compluvium.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, detail of waterspouts in compluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum. September 2003.
Looking down onto impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
III.11 Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking east across impluvium in
atrium.
Foto Annette Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2001. Room 6, looking east across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2021. Room 6, looking east towards marble table and entrance doorway. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012. Room 6, looking south-east across impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, looking south-east across marble table near impluvium.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, detail of legs of marble table.
III.11 Herculaneum. 7th August 1976. Room 6, looking south-east across impluvium in atrium.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2021. Room 6, looking south-west across atrium floor towards impluvium. Photo courtesy of Robert Hanson.
III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019.
Room 6, looking south-west across impluvium and atrium floor of opus signinum decorated with a pattern of white tiling.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010.
Room 6, looking south-west across impluvium and atrium floor of opus signinum decorated with a pattern of white tiling.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, looking west towards marble table near impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum, 1957. Room 6, looking north-west across impluvium in atrium. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013.
Room 6, looking north-east towards marble table near impluvium in atrium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum, 1957. Room 6, looking north-east across impluvium in atrium. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Room 6, impluvium in opus signinum, which was below a later covering of marble.
III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019.
Room 6, detail of opus signinum in impluvium,
which was below a later covering of marble. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
III.11 Herculaneum. August 2013. Room 6, detail of opus signinum in impluvium. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
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