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46 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART
rate decoration. A pleasing variety was
formed by lengthening the squares, a
change doubtless copied from weaving,
where oblong squares serve to break the
monotony of the pattern.
In later ages of the Saitic and Greek
times the chequer is a common resource,
KTO W ,-•■"■ ■■"-'. ,3 but is seldom treated
flBParej|a? with originality or
;■,'!,':'■■■' -f' ' :; M grace, and we do not
M "' . , ',',' find any new depar-
;;• ture or advance in
the mechanical execu-
tion of the later ex-
amples. One slight novelty was the
alternation of whole and divided squares
of colour, under Claudius.
Somewhat analogous are the net-work
patterns. They seem to be probably
derived from stitch-pattern over dresses.
Though found in the Xllth dynasty they
rate decoration. A pleasing variety was
formed by lengthening the squares, a
change doubtless copied from weaving,
where oblong squares serve to break the
monotony of the pattern.
In later ages of the Saitic and Greek
times the chequer is a common resource,
KTO W ,-•■"■ ■■"-'. ,3 but is seldom treated
flBParej|a? with originality or
;■,'!,':'■■■' -f' ' :; M grace, and we do not
M "' . , ',',' find any new depar-
;;• ture or advance in
the mechanical execu-
tion of the later ex-
amples. One slight novelty was the
alternation of whole and divided squares
of colour, under Claudius.
Somewhat analogous are the net-work
patterns. They seem to be probably
derived from stitch-pattern over dresses.
Though found in the Xllth dynasty they