Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 358
a stuffedcushion richly worked. Thereis no doubt that tapestry wasknown to the Egyptians. Oneof the reliefs at Beni Hasan(fig. 300) shows that it wasmade on a frame similar to thatused by the weavers of Ekhmimup to the present day. Theloom is horizontal, although theEgyptian lack of… … Fig. 299.—Royal chair ofstate, wall painting,Rameses III. 332 THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. threads of the warp were firmly knotted, and thenrolled round the upper cylinder until the propertensipn was attained—cross sticks placed at intervalsfacilitated the insertion of the spindles filled withthread. The…
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