Sunday, July 17, 2011

Egyptian Antique Furniture

By Colin Burr


Egyptian men used two kinds of chairs. The very first type was made of wood having a slight curved inwards seat. This design was probably to make for more comfortable sitting.This sort of chair was built with three wooden legs, which curved outwards. The chair was of the simple design and purposely built for long-term use. It could withstand constant every day rough treatment. This type of chair could effortlessly be placed in a present day kitchen, and would not appear out of place.The second type of chair used by Egyptian men had a much more elaborate design. This type of chair had crossed supports and could be folded or collapsed for simple carrying. The bottom of the legs of this chair had been carved and shaped with geese heads.

Ivory was mounted to this sort of chair. The final result was a splendid bit of furniture.Most Egyptian antique furniture is extremely old, dating from 1500 to 1400 B.C. And some furnishings found in Egypt is thought to be three thousand years old. Some even dating much older.Egyptian craftsmen had been very talented and turned out furniture rails and legs as if they had used a present day lathe. Perfect fitting mortise and tenon joints appearing as if they'd been machine made.

Small wood boxes had been made, most likely to keep jewellery in. Some were inlaid with small blue pottery squares and coloured with bright turquoise. Other boxes had been inlaid with ivory veneer.Spoons made of wood have been found, with various designs intricately carved into them. A great deal of this work needed artistic men with fantastic skill to carve the numerous designs.Different kinds of wood was used to make Egyptian furniture. Numerous types of furniture was made from ebony. This is a hard and heavy jet-black wood. Ebony takes on a high polish and was perfect for the Egyptians, when making carvings, woodwind instruments and knife handles as well as furniture. Ebony was also used to make some types of Egyptian jewellery.

An additional type of wood utilized by the Egyptians to make furniture was cedar. This is a hard yellow sweet-smelling kind of wood. Cedar is also used today for making furniture and for building houses.Other types of wood was also used to make Egyptian furniture as well as the two mentioned. It is important to know the different types of wood utilized by the Egyptians, what they look like, and the purpose they were used for. That is, if you want to be able to know how to spot Egyptian classic furniture.






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