History aficionados, Egyptologists and men with overabundance of greenbacks, the pictured ‘Golden Throne’ is actually a replica of one of King Tut’s six treasures found in his tomb. The chair in fact represents one of the ‘evolutionary’ versions of the furniture, which had been used for royal purposes since Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period (more than 5000 years ago).
In terms of sheer design, the gorgeously crafted chair was actually made from a sturdy wooden frame which was then ostentatiously draped in solid sheets of gold and silver. The opulence of the scope doesn’t stop here; the facades were then inlaid with a wealth of semiprecious stones, faience and colored glass. These elements were artistically used to concoct various forms of motifs, both symbolic and embellished in nature.
Finally, the exquisite details are also exhibited by the lion-headed support legs that end in their paws. The arm-rests on the other hand were crafted in form of the Egyptian winged Uraei (the sacred serpent), and topped by the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The ‘piece de resistance’ of the chair is however the meticulously etched engraving on the back-rest – which shows Queen Ankhesenamun anointing her husband below the life endowing rays of the royal sun disc.
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