The back is ornamented with two lotus flowers, and with a row of lozenges inlaid in ivory and ebony upon a red ground.

Stools of similar workmanship (fig.

269), and folding stools, the feet of which are in the form of a goose's head, may be seen in all museums.

Pharaohs and persons of high rank affected more elaborate designs.

Their seats were sometimes raised very high, the arms being carved to resemble running lions, and the lower supports being prisoners of war, bound back to back (fig.