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 51
The fret patterns are all modifications ofcorresponding spirals. The cause of such 36 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART change is obviously the influence of weav-JT ing. As early as theth dynasty we find i V … 60.—L.D. II. 57. Gizeh. The angles show that the plaiting was in three direc-tions, as we saw in the basket-work pat-tern at Benihasan (Fig. 3). But frets ingeneral are very rare until a late period,and they doubtless depend on the adapta-tion of spirals to textiles. We see notrace of the fret in…
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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