Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Folding stool
Description
Wood, inlaid with ebony and ivory
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 folding stool featuring animal-shaped legs.
The artifact is a wooden folding stool characterized by elegantly carved legs that resemble animal forms, likely inspired by leonine figures. The stool is well-crafted, suggesting it may have been a luxury item used by the elite. The joints and mechanisms indicate careful design to allow folding, representing both functionality and aesthetic appeal often seen in furniture from ancient Egypt.
daily life
New Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Connections
Materials
Wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246436 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.182.49 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544795 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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