ABOUT SOME WOODEN FOLK ART SAMPLES FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF GEORGIA (WOMEN`S FURNITURE)

Abstract

The article focuses to how the furniture for women was arranged in the residential complex because there was a gender-segregated area surrounding the hearth. Our study emphasizes the phases of folk furniture evolution.

The goal of the project is to increase awareness of Georgian furniture as a significant monument of material culture. It requires manifestation in academic institutions, scientific communities, and the entrepreneurial sector, as well as scientific inquiry and analysis. Due to its increasing popularity, Georgian furniture is attracting the attention of the business world. When creating new furniture, ancient forms, folk rules of production, furniture material selection, and neglected decor will all be taken into account.

The article also aims to illustrate the gender balance in Georgian ethnography, which is evident in monuments of Georgian material culture including clothing, weapons, and furniture.

The variety of decorations used in woodcarving makes the topic fascinating from a perspective of ornament studies as well.

The research object is the varieties of 18th–20th century Georgian furniture that have been conserved in the ethnographic funds of the National Museum of Georgia. Different kinds of furniture from the Caucasus that have been preserved in the same museum's collections serve as comparable materials.

The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia provided financial assistance for the research, which was conducted under the project "Research of types of ancient Georgian woven ornaments and processing of textiles with traditional and modern technologies" (grant (FR-21-19932).

Keywords: furniture; women’s’ furniture gender; material; ornament; chest; chair; dowry chest;