Monday, July 18, 2011

Egyptian Antique Furniture

By Colin Burr


Egyptian men used two kinds of chairs. The first type was made of wood having a slight curved inwards seat. This style was most likely to create for more comfortable sitting.This type 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 sort of chair could easily be placed in a present day kitchen area, and wouldn't appear out of place.The second type of chair used by Egyptian men had a more elaborate design. This type of chair had crossed supports and could be folded or collapsed for easy carrying. The bottom of the legs of this chair were carved and shaped with geese heads.

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

Little wood boxes were created, 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 already been found, with various designs intricately carved into them. A lot of this work required artistic men with fantastic ability 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 ideal for the Egyptians, when creating 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 utilized these days for making furniture and for building homes.Other types of wood was also used to make Egyptian furniture along with the two mentioned. It is important to know the different types of wood used 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 identify Egyptian classic furniture.






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