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 60
often not square but elongated, thus forming general and wide-spread patterns which attract the eye on large surfaces. These are best seen in the tomb of Ptahhotep (P. and C. xiii.) and in that of Peheniuka (L.D. i. 41). both of the Vth dynasty, at Sakkara. so-l.d i. 41. In the Middle Kingdom we… … illiiilllil! 81.—L.D, II. 130. 46 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART rate decoration. A pleasing variety wasformed by lengthening the squares, achange doubtless copied from weaving,where oblong squares serve to break themonotony of the pattern. In later ages of the Saitic and Greektimes the chequer is a…
Decorative arts -- Egypt · Decoration and ornament -- Egypt
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