Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture (Shire Egyptology)

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This book gives a comprehensive description of Egyptian woodworking from the earliest times to the Late Period. It examines the sources of wood and other materials utilized by Egyptian carpenters. The techniques used to decorate timber and the complex joints employed in carcase construction are also explained and woodworking tools and processes during the Dynastic period are described. One of the crucial necessary sources which illustrate the advance of furniture styles and the usage of tools come from wall paintings and relief in tombs. The tale of furniture is traced through an examination of surviving pieces that are actually preserved in museums, including First Dynasty bedframes from Tarkhan and the furniture of the Fourth Dynasty queen Hetepheres, in addition to the highly developed cabinet making and turned stool legs of the Late and Graeco-Roman periods.

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