The ancient Egyptians had simple but well-made furniture. The craftsmen and woodworkers created the simple furniture for the common people while the most elaborate for the wealth and the kings. Furniture owned by the elite was of the highest quality and furniture was often veneered and painted with vibrant colors depicting aspects of the life of the owner.

The most popular item of furniture used by the Ancient Egyptians were their stools. Ancient Egyptian stools were produced in a variety of different styles and designs and used by all classes.

Egyptian Tables, another very common furniture piece in the Egyptian home, were often made of wood and stone and sat quite low to the ground. Therefore, the ancient Egyptians must have stooped down at them for meals, game playing or writing or other activities. Their use does not seem to have been widespread, apart from their being placed in tombs as offering tables.

Small Egyptian Tables

Middle Kingdom furniture had a wide collection of small tables. These tables were widely used for the display of vases or holding water pots. Many are low with straight legs and have a single stretcher strung below the table top.

There were Egyptian Tables, which were generally low and had four legs, though three and even one-legged dining and gaming tables were known. These round tables were mostly made of wood, but a few stone tablets have also been found and some were made of metal.

Portable Furniture

Most of the tables were small and portable and made for individual use. Earthenware platforms were built in with the house which served as a table during the daytime and then covered in the night time and used as beds.

There were other types of tables: there was the offering table that held food the ancient Egyptians symbolically gave to their deceased. In funerary depictions, these offering tables for the dead are laden with food. The people also used displayed vases and other ceramics on these small tables. The large permanent dining table that seated several people is only a couple of centuries old in Egypt.

Middle Kingdom furniture had a wide collection of small Egyptian Tables. The Ancient Egyptians used small tables to serve food. These tables were also widely used for the display of vases or holding water pots.

Larger tablets, often with just three legs, were made of wood but were not a common feature in the ancient Egyptian home. Many others are low with straight legs and have a single stretcher strung below the table top. It is also seen that Egyptian carpenters were constructing splay-legged tables which had cavetto cornice moldings below the edge of the tabletop.