The History Of Doors: A Travel Through Time, Style And Decorative Design

Here’s a history lesson.

The first recorded history of doors was found in Egyptian tomb paintings 4000 year’s ago. No one knows who invented the door, only that it was first incepted somewhere in central Egypt. In ancient Egyptian architecture, a false door was a wall decoration that looked like a window, it was common in tombs and represented a gate to the afterlife.

In Biblical times, King Solomon’s temple entry doors were made of olive-wood, as were many entry doors of the past. In India, there are ancient doors made out of stone, creatively designed with stone pivots to swing open.