WOOD IN ARCHITECTURE AND APPLIED ARTIFACTS IN COASTAL CITIES IN EGYPT AND ITS ARTISTIC METHODS

Abstract

The availability of both local and imported wood in Egypt's coastal cities, including Rosetta, Alexandria, and Damietta, led to the flourishing of the carpentry craft and the development of woodwork to its greatest degree. Being a simple material, wood was a fundamental material of great importance in architecture and the arts, whether in buildings or furniture. It was used in architectural elements such as doors, windows, ceilings, floors, columns, stairs, cupboards, and arcades, in addition to movable elements such as pulpits, seats, Quran stands, reciters' chairs, and others.