幸存至今的古时家具中,有可折叠的埃及凳子,它的凳腿成英文字母 X 形,这种凳子通常用木料制成,凳脚制成动物爪的形状或鸭嘴形。人们常使用的工具是斧子、锯子、锛子等,并在凳子上镶嵌金饰、象牙、宝石或玻璃等华贵的装饰品。在古希腊和古罗马,家具多用整块大理石雕琢而成,这样豪华的家具很少有人买得起;那时,一种坐上去舒适得多的四足木凳开始被使用。奇怪的是这些凳子几乎全由女士们使用;而男人们则喜欢在读书、写字或舒适地小憩一下时斜倚其上。到了中世纪,家具制造业一度衰落,人们多是 Ancient furniture surviving to this day, there are collapsible Egyptian stool, its legs into the English letter X shape, this stool is usually made of wood, stool made of animal paw shape or duckbill shape. People often use tools such as axes, saws, adzes and the like, and embellishment on the stool with gold ornaments, ivory, precious stones or glass and other luxury decorations. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome, the furniture was carved out of a single piece of marble, so few luxury furniture could afford it; at that time, a four-footed wooden bench that was much more comfortable to sit on was used. Strangely enough, these stools are used almost exclusively by ladies, while men prefer to lean on them when they read, write or sit down comfortably. In the Middle Ages, the furniture manufacturing industry once declined, mostly people