Greek Furniture

Question 1

What are the 4 eras of greek timeline?

Answer 1

• Pre archaic (2000 -650 BC)
• Archaic (650 BC - 500 bC)
• Hellenic (500 BC - 323 BC)
• Helleistic (323 BC - 30 AD)

Question 2

What was the range of furniture limited to?

Answer 2

stools
chairs
tables
couches
storage chests

Question 3

What styles did their furniture tend to emmulate?

Answer 3

minimalist, structurally expressive and devoid of excessive decoration

Question 4

What are the Pre-Archaic influences

Answer 4

Heavily influenced by egyptians and minoans

Question 5

What were the archaic peroiod influences?

Answer 5

true greek furniture

Question 6

What were the identifiers of the Hellenic period?

Answer 6

Age of the acropolis and Parthenon
Fully evolved and Perfected their designs

Question 7

What were the Hellenistic period identifiers?

Answer 7

quality of design deteriorated and became overelaborated and ill-proportioned

Question 8

What were the primary materials used?

Answer 8

• wood, marble, bronze, iron

Question 9

What were the common wood species used?

Answer 9

maple, olived, boxwood, cedar, oak

Question 10

What construction techniques were common?

Answer 10

sophistocated joinery borrowed from egyptians
mortise and tonon with dowel pin

Question 11

What were some innovations made?

Answer 11

• turned legs after lathe was introduced
• developed oil wax finishes to protect wood
• steam bending to curve pieces

Question 12

What were the most common types of decoration seen?

Answer 12

antefix
anthemion and lotus
wave motif
greek fret
dentils
egg and dart

Question 13

Stool

Answer 13

diphros

Question 14

Sabre-legged chair

Answer 14

klismos

Question 15

throne chair

Answer 15

thronos

Question 16

couch

Answer 16

kline

Question 17

tables

Answer 17

trapeza

Question 18

kibotos

Answer 18

storage chest

Question 19

what were the four basic types of stools?

Answer 19

folding x stool
rectangular leg
turned legs
sabre legs