the room was swarming , teeming , breeding with things : towers of stacked books stood on the floor , a table , and even the big four-poster bed in the corner , a life-size portrait of a bearded man leaned against one wall , next to a stuffed raven , which stood next to a teetering pile of chipped , dirty dishes , and next to that was a four-foot-tall model of a ship , rigging and all .