Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959 · New York : The Macmillan company ; London : Macmillan & co. · leaf 405
ellishedwith pearls. Earlygold embroidery(as we learn fromthe few fragmentswhich have beenpreserved) was wrought with fine threads of pure gold; later,recourse was had to the method which is now common — wrap-ping a stout linen thread with strips of parchment or papercoated with gold-leaf. One gets… … Fig. 176.- - Curtain in the Victoria Albert Museum, Lon-don. Perhaps third century. CUB TAINS AND ALTAR CLOTHS :;77 fact that they do not represent merely the local traditions andthe local art of a little town in Upper Egypt, but the cosmo-politan art and custom of the Empire (see p. 2). There…
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