From left to right: Image from the Standard of Ur, Ancient Egyptian chair, Dilmunite seal, ancient Greek bed, ancient Roman couch, ancient Indian chair, ancient Chinese bronze sculpture, mushiro mat, and Aztec Pottery.
Ancient furniture was made from many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be covered with upholstery, upholstery being padding, springs, webbing, and
leather. Features which would mark the top of furniture, called finials, were common. To decorate furniture, contrasting pieces would be inserted into depressions in the furniture. This practice is called inlaying.
It was common for ancient furniture to have religious or symbolic purposes. The Incans had chacmools which were dedicated to sacrifice. Similarly, in Dilmun they had sacrificial altars. In many civilizations, the furniture depended on wealth. Sometimes certain types of furniture could only be used by the upper class citizens. For example, in Egypt, thrones could only be used by the rich. Sometimes the way the furniture was decorated depended on wealth. For example, in Mesopotamia tables would be decorated with expensive metals, chairs would be padded with felt, rushes, and upholstery. Some chairs had metal inlays.
Ancientfurniture was made from many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many...
with valuable metals or ivory. The evolution of furniture design continued in ancient Greece and ancient Rome, with thrones being commonplace as well as...
beds raised from the floor and individual tables comprised the furniture. The ancient Egyptians placed a great value on hygiene and appearance. Most bathed...
to be erotic furniture as their primary use is not erotic. Erotic furniture can also be furniture decorated with erotic art. In ancient Assyria there...
"fainting couches" were popular in the 19th century as a revival of ancientfurniture styles. The term "fainting couch" is not documented as being in use...
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woodworking in ancient Egypt. Woodworking is depicted in many extant ancient Egyptian drawings, and a considerable amount of ancient Egyptian furniture (such as...
Classical Studies at Athens. 1956. Diphros (furniture). Encyclopædia Britannica. A. Whitham. "Furniture of Ancient Greece". Rich East High School. Morris,...
Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to...
used in Mesopotamia and Ancient Rome over 4,000 years ago. However, the application of concrete in interior design and furniture started much later, in...
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(14th century BC). Mortise and tenon joints have also been found in ancientfurniture from archaeological sites in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Many...
of wicker passed from ancient Egypt and Persia to ancient Rome. Wicker baskets were used to carry items in Pompeii. Furniture was manufactured out of...
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de Renaude de Montauban and published in Henry Shaw's Specimens of AncientFurniture (1836). The 15th or early 16th-century curule seat that survives at...
mixture of India ink and shellac. Furniture inlaid with precious woods, metals, glass and stones is known from the ancient world and Roman examples have been...
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Russia. It also came to influence other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally...
inserted into it. Inlay is commonly used in the production of decorative furniture, where pieces of colored wood, precious metals or even diamonds are inserted...
room. In large Roman villas stibadia often became very elaborate. This furniture is also called sigma. This name comes from the lunate sigma (upper case...
of furniture and wooden artifacts was excavated by the University of Pennsylvania at the site of Gordion (Latin: Gordium), the capital of the ancient kingdom...
Accubitum (pl.: accubita) was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the triclinium or dining room...
the canon of ancientfurniture. The depiction of monarchs and deities as seated on chairs is a common topos in the iconography of the Ancient Near East....
in two groups of six on diphroi (backless) stools, common forms of ancientfurniture, with the exception of Zeus who is enthroned. Their backs are turned...
Louis XVI furniture is characterized by elegance and neoclassicism, a return to ancient Greek and Roman models. Much of it was designed and made for Queen...
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