Reniseneb Chair
Assignment Paper - Chair of Reniseneb
The chair of Reniseneb dates from 1450 B.C.E. It was made during the Dynasty 18 in the New Kingdom period and belonged to a significant person in Egypt at that time, the scribe Reniseneb.
The chair is made of ebony, wood and ivory. Ebony was an imported wood, which was said to be a better wood than the local woods such as Acacia or Sycamore. Ivory is an inlay material and was used a lot with wood to embellish any piece of furniture.
The seat is a woven flat seat, covered by plaited rushes. We can assume that a loose feather-filled cushion was placed atop for more comfort.
The back of this chair is made of numerous pieces of ebony, wood and inlaid ivory assembled into panels which constituted a slight …show more content…
This male could be the owner of this chair because he is sitting on an identicql chair and is therefore part of the high society. The hieroglyphs are funerals hieroglyphs, which let us to believe that they were added after Reniseneb's death. These engravings give the chair an even more importance. Let us remind the reader how Egyptians believed in life after death. They said that the objects they put in their grave would follow them in the beyond. This may be a reason why many pieces of furniture, like this chair, were embellished with funeral hieroglyphs after death. Those hieroglyphs are stylized naturalistic design with the male and the …show more content…
Ancient Egyptians believed that the power of the animal represented in a part of the chair would pass along to the sitter. Moreover, the fact that proves to us that the chair belonged to an important person is how the feet were made. The feet are raised on a sort of a block or pad. This elevation above the floor hinted of the high place of the sitter in the hierarchy. This practice was influenced by the Assyria culture. It is also a protection from the dust and straw on the floor. We should note that at that time, animals were considered as divinities so putting them on pads was a form of respect, protected them from the direct contact to the floor. We can even see painted nails on the animal leg. The animal legs on pads were composed by series of bands of woods or Plywood, assembling together with
The chair of Reniseneb dates from 1450 B.C.E. It was made during the Dynasty 18 in the New Kingdom period and belonged to a significant person in Egypt at that time, the scribe Reniseneb.
The chair is made of ebony, wood and ivory. Ebony was an imported wood, which was said to be a better wood than the local woods such as Acacia or Sycamore. Ivory is an inlay material and was used a lot with wood to embellish any piece of furniture.
The seat is a woven flat seat, covered by plaited rushes. We can assume that a loose feather-filled cushion was placed atop for more comfort.
The back of this chair is made of numerous pieces of ebony, wood and inlaid ivory assembled into panels which constituted a slight …show more content…
This male could be the owner of this chair because he is sitting on an identicql chair and is therefore part of the high society. The hieroglyphs are funerals hieroglyphs, which let us to believe that they were added after Reniseneb's death. These engravings give the chair an even more importance. Let us remind the reader how Egyptians believed in life after death. They said that the objects they put in their grave would follow them in the beyond. This may be a reason why many pieces of furniture, like this chair, were embellished with funeral hieroglyphs after death. Those hieroglyphs are stylized naturalistic design with the male and the …show more content…
Ancient Egyptians believed that the power of the animal represented in a part of the chair would pass along to the sitter. Moreover, the fact that proves to us that the chair belonged to an important person is how the feet were made. The feet are raised on a sort of a block or pad. This elevation above the floor hinted of the high place of the sitter in the hierarchy. This practice was influenced by the Assyria culture. It is also a protection from the dust and straw on the floor. We should note that at that time, animals were considered as divinities so putting them on pads was a form of respect, protected them from the direct contact to the floor. We can even see painted nails on the animal leg. The animal legs on pads were composed by series of bands of woods or Plywood, assembling together with