Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 79
lwaysdangerous to attempt any narrow and exclusive assign-ment of origins to decorative forms. The shafts of simple cylindrical columns were gen-erally covered with bands of incised and paintedhieroglyphics and pictures, serving both to adorn themand to give scale to their simple masses (Plate III,… … (Fig. 65). Industrial Arts. The Egyptians practisedthe arts of the goldsmithand jeweler; not only have we in our museums goldjewelry of very great antiquity—rings, bracelets, pen- 52 Fig. 66. Painted Pectoral on aMummy-Case. EGYPTIAN ORNAMENT dants, brooches and necklaces (Figures 55, a, 56;—butwe…
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