Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)
Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London : Methuen · leaf 29
)^^probably it was plaitedwith rushes in threedirections, and hencethe production of thisparticular angle. The z^^^^^^^:;^^^:^previous zigzag pat- 5.—l.d., h. 130. terns all suggest weaving; and in some inPtah-hoteps tomb (Vth dyn.) closely woven … GEOMETRICAL DECORATION 15 and complex zigzag patterns are shownwhich are evidently copied from textiles,as we shall see further on in the chequerpatterns. The use of spots for filling in corners wasforeign to the Egyptian. We first find it in thegarments of the Amu, or people of northernArabia, in…
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