Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations (1920)
Houston, Mary G. (Mary Galway), b. 1871, Hornblower, Florence S · London : A. & C. Black, limited · leaf 51
division of Egyptian costume is shown inthe ^examples on Plate X. and pp. 33, 34, and 35.These are the draped or shawl type of costume.They have many resemblances to the draping of thewell-known Indian sari of modern times. Comparethese with illustration of sari (p. 39). The ingenuitydisplayed in… … Figs. 16a and 17a seem to radiate from one point, usually a knot at thewaist, with very beautiful effect. To drape Fig. 16, which is a modern drawing ofPlate X,, tie a cord round the waist, tuck in comer b(see plan. Fig. 16a) at left side of waist, pass round theback and round the right side to…
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