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Antique Oriental Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Oriental Furniture
Advanced though most of the another got an antique maple chippendale highboy dresser? Oriental civilizations have been, the design pattern for circular wooden stand furniture of the mechanized furniture 19th century East cannot really compare with that of Europe, except perhaps for the antique chairs brass inlay best lacquered pieces [...]

18th Century Dutch and Flemish Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Dutch and Flemish Furniture
The Flemish part of the antique drop leaf inlay sofa table Netherlands, consisting more or less of what is now Belgium, was among the victorian sutherland table first regions of Europe to enjoy the north american marble top lamp table advent of the fitted wardrobe designed by famous [...]

Ancient Persian Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Assyria and Persia
There are no surviving pieces of furniture from those two splendid Near-Eastern empires, Assyria and ancient Persia. All that is known of their furniture comes from such sculpture and stone reliefs as have been excavated in the past hundred years or so, many of which were found in the ruins of palaces of [...]

Ancient Egypt Furniture

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Egypt
The ancient Egyptians believed that when a pharaoh died his soul continued in a life after death. This was only possible if the pharaoh’s body was embalmed and placed in a tomb which was then hermetically sealed. The first such tombs were the pyramids, erected during the Old Kingdom dynasties (c.2800?c.2300 BC). Later on, pharaohs [...]