Ancient Egyptian furniture was ornately decorated and crafted to last into the afterlife. Items like chairs, stools, beds, and tables were commonly carved with animal forms and decorated with materials like gold, ivory, and precious stones. Egyptian furniture design incorporated carvings of flowers, animals, and birds. Stools were a common household item and folding stools became a status symbol. Beds had carved animal legs and headrests, while tables were used for eating, writing, and games. Egyptian homes and temples featured elaborate interior decorations on ceilings, walls, and floors that provided the backdrop for ornate furniture.

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SUBMITED BY
SATYENDRA YADAV
SHABAZ KHAN
PANKAJ KUMAR
SUBMITED TO
AR NEHA MAM
TOPIC
FURNITURE STYLE IN EGYPTIAN
ARCHITECTURE

2. CONTENT
INDRODUCTION
CHARATERESTIC
STLE
TYPES OF FURNITURE

3. Ancient Egyptian architecture is the architecture of
ancient Egypt. One of the most influential civilisation
throughout history. which is developed a vast array of
diverse structures and great architectural monuments
along the nile. Including pyramid and temples.
Ancient Egyptian art included paintings.sculpure in wood
stone and ceremics, drawing s on faience, jewellary
ivories, and other art media.
INTRODUCTION

4. CHARACTERISTIC
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Egyptian antique furniture provides almost
the only surviving examples of actual
ancient furniture.
Egyptians believed that possessions could still
be used in the afterlife, and items of furniture
were buried with the dead in sealed tombs
Ancient woodworking in Egypt, Greece, and
Rome remains recognisable and understandable
to the modern eye in both the techniques and
materials used. It may be said that in some
areas of furniture making and design things
have changed little from antiquity.
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5. Egyptian antique furniture provides almost
the only surviving examples of actual ancient
furniture. Egyptians believed that possessions
could still be used in the afterlife, and items
of furniture were buried with the dead in
sealed tombs. In the hot, dry climate of
Egypt, many items were preserved through
the centuries to become fascinating and
valuable museum pieces today. In some
cases, the wooden furniture itself had rotted
away, but it was possible to recreate it from
the gold sheaths that decorated the original
pieces.
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE

7. Egyptian style furniture of the noble and upper
classes spared neither cost nor craftsman's effort.
Gold sheathing, ivory inlays, intricate marquetry,
inset jewels and fine stones were used to
decorate ancient furniture that was often carved
to represent animal forms. Chairs sometimes had
feet in the shape of lion's paws or crocodile feet;
legs and feet were sometimes carved to simulate
the legs of a gazelle. Egyptian furniture design
commonly incorporated carvings of flowers,
animals or birds.
CHAIRS

9. Stools were the most common items of furniture
in Egyptian homes, and it was the Egyptians who
invented the folding stool. Since these were
much used by army commanders in the field,
they became a status symbol, and were often
heavily carved and decorated. High backed
chairs are seen in many paintings. These were
supplemented with cushions for comfort. Both
stools and chairs commonly had woven rush
seats, which have long since disintegrated
STOOLS

11. Beds almost always had carved animal-like
legs with hooves or paws. They were gently
inclined so that the sleeper's head was
elevated, and had a footrest. The wooden
Egyptian headrests were probably covered
with a cushion or other soft material. Chests,
boxes and cabinets formed an important part
of Egyptian bedroom furnishings. These were
highly decorated and were designed for
many different purposes: large chests for
storing household items and linen, small
compartmentalized ones for storing
cosmetics, and miniature chests with sliding
lids and drawers made to hold jewelry.
BED AND HEADREST

13. Tables were also an important item of Egyptian
furniture. They were used for eating, writing and
playing games. They were usually low and easily
moveable. In many cases, the tops were
decorated with marquetry or with inlaid ivory.
Carved legs, gold sheathing and ivory inlays were
used to decorate table legs.
TABLES

15. Egyptian home decor was very elaborate.
Colored ceilings, wall paintings, carvings,
hangings, inscriptions and tiled floors were the
background to ornate furniture and ornaments.
Gold, blue, black, red and orange were popular
colors in Egyptian room decor. Egyptian temple
decor was even more elaborate, with rich
furnishings and hangings, jeweled ornaments
and heavy inscriptions
INTERIOR

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