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羅漢床可坐臥依憑,歷來備受文人喜愛,常置於書齋廳堂。相異於北方居室中用於睡臥的「炕」,羅漢床除可作小憩之外,還可用於起居待客,促膝談心。古人若需長時休息,才會在架子床上大睡。根據明代木刻版畫所示,羅漢床還可放置室外,點綴亭臺樓閣。
相傳羅漢床是由漢代的榻演變而來,相關討論可參考S. Handler,〈Wood Shaped and Standing through the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture〉,《Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries》,波士頓美術館,1996年,頁42-43。有關明代期間羅漢床的用途,可參考S. Handler,〈Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture〉,柏克萊與洛杉磯,2001年,頁118-119。
相傳羅漢床是由漢代的榻演變而來,相關討論可參考S. Handler,〈Wood Shaped and Standing through the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture〉,《Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries》,波士頓美術館,1996年,頁42-43。有關明代期間羅漢床的用途,可參考S. Handler,〈Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture〉,柏克萊與洛杉磯,2001年,頁118-119。