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Building a Theban Lattice Stool
- coldcode 5y agoAmazing work, joining history and wood working (yes it's a pun). I wonder how comfortable that would be.
- a2tech 5y agoWith my big ass those corners would dig in and probably make me hate sitting down almost immediately.
- Koshkin 5y agoPerhaps this type of furniture was not designed to be used as is but rather to have a pillow or some kind of mattress on top. I wish we had more furniture like this - it could last much, much longer than the expensive “integrated” stuff we have to put up with today…
- aasasd 5y agoI have a more specific problem with it: I know for sure that the upturned edge would make my legs fall asleep. At least if the stool is not so low that my knees would point toward the sky.
- OJFord 5y agoThis is excellent. I just want to point out though that the submitted URL is not a permalink. For now it's nice that it means all installments in this blog post 'series' are listed one after the other, but it won't make sense once there are any future posts that may have nothing to do with stools or Egypt. Here's the first post permalink: https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/building-a-theban-lattice-stool/ https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/building-a-th... Also, > Geoffrey Killen made a very useful observation about EA2476 on pg 44 of Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture “Some of these (lattice braces) are tenoned into mortises in the horizontal elements while others are simply wedged into position.” I’m not sure exactly what he meant by “wedged” in this instance but it got me thinking… I would read that as meaning no joinery - put in at a relaxed angle and then biffed into position ('wedged') a sort of press fit so that it's held there by its own compression. TFA author's take on it (the 'stub tenon') seems better though.
- thih9 5y agospython or mods, could we update this submission and point to https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/building-a-theban-lattice-stool/ https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/2021/09/21/building-a-th... ? As of now it still links to https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com .
- thaumasiotes 5y agoThat's a strange fix to request after the comment >> For now it's nice that it means all installments in this blog post 'series' are listed one after the other, but it won't make sense once there are any future posts that may have nothing to do with stools or Egypt. Surely the right link would be https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/category/woodwork/theban-stool/ https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/category/woodwork/theban... ?
- dang 5y agoChanged from https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/ https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/. Thanks!
- serrel 5y agoIt seems perfect for a cushion.
- samstave 5y agoExactly. That stool is designed for a cushion. AWESOME stool though.
- melenaos 5y agoThere was zero child safety back then. These edges look like they have taken many children to the infirmary.
- sqqqqrly 5y agoHow did we possibly survive as a species with corners like that.
- aflag 5y agoI think you're probably joking, but although we don't know where this stool comes from exactly (at least it's not stated in the british museum's website), it's far more common for furniture that used to ornate palaces and sacred places to survive rather than common household items. So, I think it's likely that no children were playing around such objects.
- Koshkin 5y agoIt would seem to me that common household items could have been even more - much more - dangerous than this. (Also, children used to spend most of their time outside - a significantly more dangerous environment by any measure.)
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- netcan 5y agoAmazing. I want one.
- malleefowl 5y agoHow was this project writeup found? I'd love more info on the author/woodworker, or about online communities that discuss work like this.
- paulhart 5y agoProbably this MetaFilter link: https://www.metafilter.com/192756/Copying-a-mid-century-stoolmid-14th-century-BCE https://www.metafilter.com/192756/Copying-a-mid-century-stoo...
- spython 5y agoYes, and that post comes from Metafilter Projects where the author posted it himself: https://projects.metafilter.com/5949/Copying-a-mid-century-stoolmid-14th-century-BCE https://projects.metafilter.com/5949/Copying-a-mid-century-s...
- maxwell 5y agoThis is really cool. I was looking into latticework for a UI experiment the other day and was struck by the design of this stool from a few dynasties earlier: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544800 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544800 Apparently lattice stools were the most popular type in ancient Egypt.
- pkphilip 5y agoThat type of design is called a Charpoy style. You can find these quite commonly in India and neighbouring countries. https://www.google.com/search?q=charpoy+stool https://www.google.com/search?q=charpoy+stool
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- smusamashah 5y agoAn aside question. Does Egypt or other countries sell these artifact to Britain to put in museums? Also why would the prefer giving rare artifacts to another country instead of displaying them in their own museums?
- zemnmez 5y agoI think most of these artefacts come from british occupation of egypt while it was a vassal of the ottoman empire, the zeitgeist of which basically started when napoleon started studying and abducting ancient artefacts into france to support his revanchist ideals of the ancient world
- legitster 5y agoSome of them were straight up stolen, but (my understanding) is that most artifacts are just sold by locals who don't really understand or appreciate the value. So a lot of what the Egyptian government is trying to do is educate their own people on the importance and value of artifacts and to not just sell them to tourists for a song and dance.
- Ozzie_osman 5y agoEgyptian here. Many taken during the British occupation. But throughout history, just stolen/smuggled out. Egypt was also occupied by the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottomans, and French. And aside from the occupations, there's a pretty vibrant smuggling trade. Egypt keeps trying to repatriate these artifacts but with very limited success (https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/egypt-wants-its-stolen-artefacts-back https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/egypt-wants-its-stole...). As an Egyptian it's both interesting/frustrating to find museums outside Egypt with more stuff than many museums in Egypt. For instance, it was a little intriguing when visiting the Vatican museum, to find they had a pretty large Ancient Egyptian collection for some reason.
- 01100011 5y agoSorry if this comes across as rude, but are modern Egyptians related in any way to ancient Egyptians? If not, it would seem that their possession of ancient Egyptian artifacts is no more justified than any other modern people.
- legitster 5y agoSuch an interesting and complex shape to make, all just in imitation of the natural design of the much cheaper woven seat. There is something touching about how 3000 years earlier, the wealthy were not above their affections!
- WalterBright 5y agoIt's a joy reading about how a great craftsman does this kind of work. I'm surprised nobody seems to be manufacturing a chair like this.
- tunesmith 5y agoNavigation appears broken to me, here's a one-pager of all the entries: https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/category/woodwork/theban-stool/ https://woodenfossils.wordpress.com/category/woodwork/theban...
- mrVentures 5y agoI was hoping for poop