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This revised second edition examines the common forms of furniture used in ancient Egypt, so much of which has been preserved by the dry Egyptian climate and has long been admired for the quality of its design and construction. The story begins with the earliest known pieces and ends with the spectacular discoveries from the 18th dynasty represented mainly by the magnificent furniture from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The insight which Dr Killen brings in the detailed explanations of the materials, techniques and designs of the master craftsmen of ancient Egypt, gives this book a special significance. There is a catalogue of known pieces from museums around the world, classified by type – beds, stools, chairs and tables – with detailed analyses of the materials, tools and joinery. The splendid photographs and drawings illustrate each piece and technique.
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Geoffrey Killen
Geoffrey Killen is a leading ancient furniture historian, technologist and Egyptologist who studied Design and Technology at Shoreditch College, University of London and the University of Liverpool, where he specialised in Ramesside woodworking. He has studied the collections of Egyptian furniture at most of the major museums including the Egyptian Antiquities Museum, Cairo and is the author of several major books and numerous papers. He has also led in the field of experimental archaeology where making and using replica woodworking tools and equipment has generated and tested archaeological hypotheses. His practical work is now displayed together with those original artefacts in several British museums.
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Ancient Egyptian Furniture - Geoffrey Killen
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FURNITURE
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FURNITURE
VOLUME I
4000–1300 B.C.
GEOFFREY KILLEN
Oxford & Philadelphia
Published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by
OXBOW BOOKS
The Old Music Hall, 106–108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JE
and in the United States by
OXBOW BOOKS
1950 Lawrence Road, Havertown, PA 19083
First edition published 1980
This edition published 2017
© Oxbow Books and Geoffrey Killen 2017
Hardcover Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-481-9
Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-482-6 (epub)
Mobi Edition: ISBN 978-1-78570-483-3 (mobi)
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016961071
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Front cover: A painted tomb wall scene depicting carpenters working in a carpentry workshop. Tomb of Rekhmira, TT 100, 18th Dynasty, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. Photograph courtesy of Lorraine March-Killen.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Sigla
Chapter 1. Furniture Materials
Chapter 2. Tools
Chapter 3. Bedframes
Chapter 4. Stools
Chapter 5. Chairs
Chapter 6. Tables
Chapter 7. Vase Stands
Catalogue of Museum Collections
Bibliography
To my wife Lorraine, and children Sarah, Karen and Caroline and my grandchildren, Ben, Emma, Sophie, Hannah, James, Olivia, Jack and Noah for their patience and the encouragement they have shown during the years this work has taken to materialise.
List of Figures
All the figures were drawn for this book by the Author. Where appropriate they are scaled in millimetres.
List of Plates
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