The document discusses the history of furniture design from ancient Egypt through postmodernism. It provides examples of different types of ancient Egyptian furniture found in tomb paintings and museums, including chairs, stools, beds, and chests dating from the 18th dynasty. It also describes furniture from ancient Greece such as the kline couch and klismos chair. The document then covers artistic styles such as Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, and postmodernism, citing influential designers like Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Robert Venturi.

1. History of Furniture design Presented by Ar.Jaikumar Ranganathan Lecturer Dept of Architecture,HCE Chennai,India

2. Egyptian Furniture design

3. Egyptian Furniture design Furniture design in wall paintings

4. Egyptian Furniture design Chair, tomb of Tutankhamen Cairo Museum Courtesy Jon Bodsworth

5. Egyptian Furniture design Reconstructed armchair of Queen Hetepheres Cairo Museum Courtesy Jon Bodsworth

6. Egyptian Furniture design Stool

7. Egyptian Furniture design Chair of Queen Hetepheres, 4th dynasty

8. Egyptian Furniture design Chair of Sennedjem, 18th dynasty

9. Egyptian Furniture design Golden Throne, Tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th dynasty

10. Egyptian Furniture design Painted and Gilded Stool, Tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th dynasty

11. Chest on legs, Tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th dynasty Egyptian Furniture design

12. Egyptian Furniture design Bed frame, Tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th dynasty

13. Egyptian Furniture design Chair, 18th dynasty

14. Egyptian Furniture design Bed frame. (Source: Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) Three legged wooden table. Around 1450 BCE (Source: University of Tulane website)

15. Egyptian Furniture design Leg of a stool Leg of a chest or chair Source: Les Merveilles du Louvre, Librairie Hachette

16. Egyptian Furniture design Chest from the tomb of Tutankhamen Source: Tulane University website

17. Ancient Egypt Antique Furniture

18. Egyptian Furniture design Egyptian Stool, Ebony Inlaid with Ivory.

19. Furniture of Ancient Greece

20. Furniture of Ancient Greece Couches of ancient Greece were combinations of beds and sofas. This type of furniture, called the Kline

21. Kline Furniture of Ancient Greece

22. Sometimes a kline could be used even on a horse!!! Furniture of Ancient Greece

23. Klismos Chair Furniture of Ancient Greece

24. Furniture of Ancient Greece Seats in the Dionysus Theater in Athens

25. Art Nouveau Furniture

26. Art Nouveau Furniture

27. Art Nouveau Furniture

28. Art Nouveau Furniture

29. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868-1928), Side Chair

30. Charles Rennie Mackintosh Furniture design

31. De Stijl

32. Bauhaus and the "Modern" or "International" Style

33. Bauhaus furniture

34. Bauhaus furniture

35. Barcelona Chair revisited Bauhaus Furniture

36. Armchair Barcelona by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Bauhaus Furniture

37. by Le Corbusier Bauhaus Furniture

38. Bauhaus furniture

39. Post Modern furniture Robert Venturi; the king of postmodernism....!

40. Post Modern furniture

41. By Robert Venturi

42. End of Slide Show