Mesopotamian Furniture

Description

The aim of this monograph is to define and clarify some of the ambiguities surrounding the development of Mesopotamian furniture from about 10,000 BC to the sack of Nineveh and Babylon. Presented as an illustrated documentary, and compiled by an architect, interior designer and furniture manufacturer, with extensive experience in furniture design and woodworking techniques, it traces the development of Mesopotamian furniture from its early beginnings and delineates its spheres of influence on contemporary and future societies. Most traditional cabinet-making techniques in Mesopotamia and Egypt were perfected long before the great Greek and Roman empires, and basic joinery has changed little during the past 5000 years. While the book is addressed to scholars of antiquity in general, and the Mesopotamian archaeologist in particular, a minimum of technical language and a large number of hand-drawn illustrations are used, so that the general reader and serious student will find it equally enjoyable and informative.