Othello

Othello

1. Headboard

   • Contrasting fabrics
   • Panelling
   • PICTURE

2. Flat

   • Green/Red tapestry
     • venetian with moorish hints
     • Desdemona's bedroom - presence of patriarchy
     • Jealousy ie 'green eyed monster' & passion/danger (foreshadowing)
     • PICTURE
   • wooden effect & panelling

3. Info

   • Renaissance era
   • Moresque - associated with Moors - interlacing patterns of stems, leaves & tendrils
   • Marriage chest very desirable
   • Chairs = a symbol of wealth
     • Would sit on cushions on the floor with chests acting as tables
     • poorer peopel had x-shaped backs & only affort 3-legged stools (=sgabelli)
   • Mythology heavy influence
   • wood; walnut, willow, oak etc
     • ivory, gold, stone, marble etc
     • PICTURE
   • lavish tapestries & furniture = wealth & prestiege
     • PICTURE