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Carrying chair of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Carrying chair of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)

Carrying chair of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)

Joseph Gerte (American, 1886–1967)
2551–2528 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsUSA
Medium/TechniqueWood, ebony, gilded copper, and gold plated copper electrotypes
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 52 x 53.5 x 207.5 cm (20 1/2 x 21 1/16 x 81 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Gaston Smith and Group of Friends
Accession number38.874
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReproductions
ProvenanceFrom Giza, tomb G 7000 X (original). Reproduction commissioned for the MFA and made by Boston cabinetmaker Joseph Gerte, 1938.
(Accession Date: May 1, 1938)
Hieroglyph on inside jamb
Canopy of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
2575–2551 B.C.
Group shot: 38.873, 29.1858, 29.1859, 39.746, 38.957
Armchair of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 13.4363, 13.4200, 20.1494, 40.469
Bed with inlays (reproduction)
Joseph Gerte
1700–1550 B.C.
Group shot: 38.873, 29.1858, 29.1859, 39.746, 38.957
Bed of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
William Arnold Stewart
2575–2528 B.C.
Group shot: 38.873, 29.1858, 29.1859, 39.746, 38.957
Curtain box of Queen Hetepheres I (reproduction)
Ahmed Youssef
2575–2551 B.C.
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
Reproduction of gold signet ring with intaglio bezel
Reproduction of gold signet ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils
about 1901
Ring with intaglio bezel
Ring with intaglio bezel
E. Gilliéron & Fils