Chair
Description
Object Label: A carpenter manufactured this chair using wooden mortises and tenons (tongueand- groove joints) and pins called dowels. Many of the ancient wooden dowels are still visible just above the point where the legs meet the seat. The carpenter filled in the spaces surrounding the tenons on the back support with an adhesive made from animal protein (“hide glue”) mixed with powdered white minerals. Although animal-based adhesives have been used in Egypt continuously from antiquity to today, the condition of these mortises and tenons suggests that they are original. The woven fiber seat was added to the chair in 1958, but examination of fibers in the frames reveals that in antiquity four strands were laced through each opening. Caption: Chair, ca. 1400–1292 B.C.E.. Wood, bone, modern fiber, 35 7/16 x 17 15/16 x 18 5/8 in. (90 x 45.6 x 47.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.40E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A wooden ancient Egyptian chair with woven seat and carved legs.
The artifact is a wooden chair featuring carved legs resembling animal paws and a woven seat, likely made of reed. The backrest is plain, with vertical panels, and it lacks ornamental decoration or inscriptions. The chair exemplifies practical design from ancient Egypt, displaying simplicity and functional construction.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.40E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3948 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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