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Lecture5!6!21879 - Ancient Egypt Furniture and Interior Furnishings
Lecture5!6!21879 - Ancient Egypt Furniture and Interior Furnishings
furniture &
interior
furnishings
Bed from Tut’s tomb
•Wood with gild
overlay
•In the form of bulls
wearing sun disks
between horns
•Animal legs
•Panel included at the
foot of the bed rather
than the front.
•Glass inlay for spots
of animal
Bed from Tut’s tomb.
•Gilded wood
•Painted on relief carving of
gesso beneath the gold overlay.
•Animal legs
•Glass, faience, stone Inlay
•Image shows King enthroned
with Queen.
•Between seat and stretcher is
hieroglyph for unity. Symbols of
upper and lower Egypt were
removed by robbers.
Chest from Tut’s
tomb
Chests
were often
used for
linens,
perfume
bottles,
jewelry,
and
statues.
Painted Chest from Tut’s
tomb,
ca. 1330, gilded and
painted wood
These columns
resembled and
represented
bundled reeds or
plant stems.
Fluted Column
These columns obviously had
a palm tree motif, but did
not actually represent the
tree itself, but rather eight
palm fronds lashed to a pole.
Palmiform Columns
This column usually has ribbed shafts
representing the stems of the Lotus, and
capitals in the form of a closed (bud) or open
lotus flower
Lotiform Columns
There are several variations in this
type of column. Some have circular
shafts representing a single plant,
while others have ribbed shafts
that represent a plant with
multiple stems. The capitals could
be closed (buds) or open in a wide,
bell-shaped form. During the New
Kingdom, the shafts of most
papyriform columns taper upwards
from bases decorated with
triangular patterns representing
stylized stem sheaths.
Papyriform Columns
The style is characterized
by a fluted shaft
surmounted by a capital
representing the branches
of a conifer tree.
Coniform Columns
The column is basically a
representation in stone of the
wooden "poles" used to
support light structures such
as tents, and sometimes
shrines, kiosks or ships cabins
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