Herculaneum III.11. Casa del Tramezzo di Legno or House of the Wooden Screen.

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Garden area 11, and entrances from III.8

Crossroads, Herculaneum, looking north along Cardo IV, from Inferiore to Superiore. May 2010.

The road running from left to right is the Decumanus Inferior.

Looking west along Decumanus Inferior, Herculaneum, from crossroads with Cardo IV, Inferiore and Superiore. May 2010.

III.8 Herculaneum, July 2015.

Looking south to entrance doorway to shop, with two doorways to the Casa del Tramezzo di legno in the rear south wall of the shop.

Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

Looking west along III. 8, and gateway to garden area of III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010.

III.8 Herculaneum. May 2010. Gateway to garden of III.11, House of the Wooden Screen. Looking south.

East portico

III.11 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Looking south from doorway at III.8 across portico towards doorway from room 8. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019.

Looking south-west across portico towards doorway from room 8. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south from doorway of III.8 across portico towards doorway from room 8.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005.

Looking towards south wall, and doorway into room 8. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. Detail on south wall above doorway into room 8. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. Detail of upper south wall above doorway into room 8. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. Looking towards wall in south-east corner of peristyle area. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Looking south-west across peristyle garden 11 towards doorways to room 14 to room 17. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012.

Looking south-west across peristyle garden towards doorways to room 14, to room 16. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south-west across peristyle garden towards doorways to room 14 to room 17.

North portico

III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019.

Looking west across north portico past rooms 12 and 13 towards doorways to room 16 and 17. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019.

Looking east along north portico towards doorway to corridor 10, into atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

Garden 11

III.11 Herculaneum. September 2019. Looking south-east from north portico towards doorway to tablinum 9, and room 8.  

On the right, is the rear of III.13/14. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south towards garden 11 wall from portico.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. South garden wall of peristyle.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. South wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Painted south wall of garden.

According to Jashemski, this south wall was painted with a garden painting.

See Jashemski, W. F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas. (p.259-60)

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. South wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Remains of garden painting.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Remains of garden painting.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. Detail from south wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. South wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. South wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005. South wall of garden peristyle. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, 1964. Garden painting. 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, 1964. Garden painting from south wall. 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. Detail from garden painting.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Detail from garden painting.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Detail from garden painting.

Rooms 14, 15, 17

III.11 Herculaneum. October 2014.

Looking south-west across peristyle garden towards doorways to room 14 to room 17. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.11 Herculaneum. October 2012.

Looking south-west across peristyle garden towards doorways to room 14, to room 16. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Looking south-west across peristyle garden towards doorways to room 14 to room 17.

III.11 Herculaneum. April 2013.

Looking west across peristyle garden from tablinum, towards doorways to rooms 15, 16, 17. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010. Doorway to room 17, in north-west corner of peristyle.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2005.

Looking towards rooms 15, 16 and 17, on west side of peristyle garden, taken from III.13. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2010.

Looking south-west across garden peristyle towards doorways to rooms 14 and 15, on left and large triclinium 16, on right.

Room 16, triclinium

III.11 Herculaneum. May 2006. Looking west across the garden area.

According to Maiuri, the central room on the west side served as the triclinium.

It was brought to light in the old excavations and the decoration is much deteriorated, as in the other rooms surrounding it.

See Maiuri, Amedeo, (1977). Herculaneum. 7th English ed, of Guide books to the Museums Galleries and Monuments of Italy, No.53 (p.33).

III.11 Herculaneum, June 2006. Triclinium, room 16, looking towards north-west corner. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Triclinium, room 16, north wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Triclinium, room 16, north wall (enhanced). Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Triclinium, room 16, south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Triclinium, room 16, south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Triclinium, room 16, south wall. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2001. Looking west across the garden area. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.

Room 13

III.11 Herculaneum, May 2005. Looking north-west across the garden peristyle.

Doorway to room 16 is on the left, with doorway to room 17 also in west wall.

In the north wall is a doorway to room 13, with window, and room 12, behind the tree trunk. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

III.11 Herculaneum, June 2005. Upper west wall, above room 13. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.

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