Egyptian
Woodworking and Furniture
by Geoffrey Killen
Softcover
150 x 210mm
64pp
Published by Shire Publications Ltd, Buckinghamshire UK
R.R.P.$14.90
ISBN 0-7478-0239-4
Extract from back cover of book:
Egyptian
Woodworking and Furniture
This book gives a comprehensive description
of Egyptian woodworking from the earlies. times to the Late Period. It examines
the sources of wood and other materials used by Egyptian carpenters. The techniques
used to embellish timber and the complex joints employed in carcase construction
are also explained and woodworking tools and processes throughout the Dynastic
Period are described. Some of the important sources which illustrate the development
of fumiture styles and the use of tools come from wall paintings and reliefs in
tombs. The story of fumiture is traced through an examination of surviving pieces
that are naw preserved in museums, induding First Dynasty bedframes from Tarkhan
and the fumiture of the Fourth Dynasty queen Hetepheres, as well as the highly
developed cabinet making and turned stool legs of the Late and Graeco-Roman Periods.
About
the author
Geoffrey Killen studied Design and Technology at Shoreditch
College, University of London, where he specialised in researching ancient woodworking
techniques and furniture. This work was subsequently serialised in the Woodworker
magazine. His first book, which examined the development of ancient Egyptian furniture,
was published in 1980. His second major work examines the construction of Egyptian
boxes and chests. He has researched woodworking tools and fumiture material at
most of the major museums and with funds provided by the University of Cambridge
has studied at the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo. He has had published
a number of artides on various topics in craft magazines and the Furniture History
Joumal. He has established a position as a leading furniture historian, the results
of his research having been widely published. Mr Killen is Head of Faculty of
a large college Design and Technology Department in Bedfordshire.
Shire
Egyptology
This series is written by experts for the student or interested
layman. Each book contains many illustrations and deals concisely with a particular
aspect of Egyptology.
Photos: Black & White
Contents
List
of Illustrations
Chronology
Woodworking
Materials
Woodworking Techniques and Fittings
Predynastic and Early Dynastic
Periods
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
New Kingdom
Late and Roman Periods
Glossary
Museums
Further
Reading
Index