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Show World's Oldest Chair. Tho most nnclont chair In tho world Is that preserved in tho Museum of Egyptian Antiquities at Cairo. It is said to ho of tho tlmo of Abraham Piul Is a most Interesting relic. In tho wall paintings of the tomples and tombs of nuelont Egypt the king, or governor of tho provlnco ami his wife, nro generally represented In profile, sitting on chairs which are vcrv n.. plo and Bolid In construction, in tho itilns of the opon air theaters of Qrecce, in her palmy 'days, we find romalns, more or less perfect, of heau-tlful heau-tlful chairs or teats sculptured in white marble. Chairs us represented In Greek sculpture aro either with-out with-out bacUs or with straight backs at right angles to the scat.Tlio House Ucautlful. |