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42 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
common, merging into a twisted rope bor-
;gg5g@@@g^a cler' which is also
7o.—R.c Mi- found — though rarely
—on scarabs of the Middle Kingdom.
In Egyptian use this border is seldom
found. A box in the Louvre had a line
of long links ; and a scroll edge appears to
Fig. 71.
Fig. 72.
the standard of Ramessu II. But more
usually the scroll is associated with the
lotus, as in these—
73--P
74- -1'. 8y.
The innumerable adaptations of this in
Greek and later designs are familiar enough
to us.
The influence of weaving has been very
great upon these wave borders. As I
common, merging into a twisted rope bor-
;gg5g@@@g^a cler' which is also
7o.—R.c Mi- found — though rarely
—on scarabs of the Middle Kingdom.
In Egyptian use this border is seldom
found. A box in the Louvre had a line
of long links ; and a scroll edge appears to
Fig. 71.
Fig. 72.
the standard of Ramessu II. But more
usually the scroll is associated with the
lotus, as in these—
73--P
74- -1'. 8y.
The innumerable adaptations of this in
Greek and later designs are familiar enough
to us.
The influence of weaving has been very
great upon these wave borders. As I