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14 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
with varieties of colour; ^<«>'^>«^^
and also to introduce fe
details into the squares, ^S^^^H^^
and so make them com- -«
pound patterns, as in
the XVIIth dynasty at
El Kab, where the 4.-Prisse, Art. 84.
sequence of the blue, green, and red lines
makes a brilliant effect from these simple
elements. Not only a square, but also a
hexagon, was worked into the same design.
This, from the nature of it, suggests a
rush-work screen, and
probably it was plaited ^ ^
with rushes in three
directions, and hence w/Awaw
the production of this )z
particular angle. The ft^^^
previous zigzag pat- 5.—l.d., «. 130.
terns all suggest weaving ; and in some in
Ptah-hotep's tomb (Vth dyn.) closely woven
14 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
with varieties of colour; ^<«>'^>«^^
and also to introduce fe
details into the squares, ^S^^^H^^
and so make them com- -«
pound patterns, as in
the XVIIth dynasty at
El Kab, where the 4.-Prisse, Art. 84.
sequence of the blue, green, and red lines
makes a brilliant effect from these simple
elements. Not only a square, but also a
hexagon, was worked into the same design.
This, from the nature of it, suggests a
rush-work screen, and
probably it was plaited ^ ^
with rushes in three
directions, and hence w/Awaw
the production of this )z
particular angle. The ft^^^
previous zigzag pat- 5.—l.d., «. 130.
terns all suggest weaving ; and in some in
Ptah-hotep's tomb (Vth dyn.) closely woven