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Kemetic Architecture

Kemetic (Egyptian): Gallery of Bedding and Other Furnishings 

 

"After the jewelry, some of the most exquisite objects remaining from the ancient Egyptian world is the furniture the people crafted and used. Chairs, beds, chests and stools were made not only for function but for beauty, as well, a beauty that reflected the philosophy of the ancient Egyptian mind of combining the best in human artistry while paying homage to the natural world." [Tour Egypt] Read More 

During the dynastic period, which began in around 3200 BCE, Egyptian art developed significantly, and this included furniture design. Egyptian furniture was primarily constructed using wood, but other materials were sometimes used, such as leather, and pieces were often adorned with gold, silver, ivory and ebony, for decoration. [Wikipedia] Read More 

Chair in the Leyden Museum (Wilk, I. 410)

Chairs

The double and single chair

Fauteuils, from the tombs of the kings—Thebes

A stool with leathern cushion, in Mr. Salt’s Collection

Chairs, from various sculptures

A stool in the British Musuem on the principle of our camp-stools

Chair-from-the-18th-Dynasty

1. A couch 2. Pillow or head-stool 3. Steps for ascending a lofty couch

1. Low stool, in the Berlin Museum. 2., 3. Mode of fastening, and the pattern of the seat

1. Stool of ebony inlaid with ivory 2. Shows the inlaid parts of the legs 3. Of ordinary construction, in the same collection

Chair and stool

Chair Makers

Chairs and footstools

Royal chair from the tomb of Rameses III and the other from that of Chamhati

Wooden-pillow-Unusual-Form-Two

eneering-and-the-Use-of-Glue

Different-Boxes

Wooden-pillow-or-Head-stool-found-at-Thebes.

Hatnefers-Chair

A-diphros-or-double-chair-without-a-back-Two

Royal-Chairs

Kaffass Bedstead of Palm Sticks

Royal-Chairs-Two

Ottomans-from-the-Tomb-of-Rameses-III

Chair-of-Reniseneb