Iron County Record | 1905-05-12 | Page 1 | World's Oldest Chair

World's Oldest Chair. Tho most ancient chair In the world is that preserved In tho Museum of Egyptian Antiquities at Cairo. It Is said to bo of the time of Abraham end is a most Interesting relic. In tho wall paintings of the temples and lombs of ancient Egypt the king, or governor of the province nnd his wife, cro generally represented In profile, sitting on chairs which aro very "Maple "Ma-ple nnd solid in construction. In tbo lu'nts of the open air theaters of Greece, In her palmy days, we find remains, more orHess perfect, of beautiful beau-tiful chairs or sents sculptured In whito marble. Choirs as represented In Greek bculpture nro either without with-out backs or with straight hacks at rlgl.t angles to the scat. The Houso icnutltul.