Monday, July 18, 2011

Egyptian Antique Furniture

By Colin Burr


Egyptian males used two types of chairs. The first type was created of wood with a slight curved inwards seat. This design was probably 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 constructed for long term use. It could withstand constant every day rough treatment. This sort of chair could effortlessly be placed in a present day kitchen area, and would not appear out of place.The second type of chair used by Egyptian males had a more elaborate style. 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 formed with geese heads.

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

Little wooden boxes had been made, probably to help keep jewellery in. Some had been inlaid with small blue pottery squares and coloured with bright turquoise. Other boxes were 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 many designs.Various 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.

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






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