The arts and crafts of ancient Egypt
A 1910 survey of ancient Egyptian art and craft by the archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie, published in Chicago and Edinburgh for a general and academic readership interested in material culture. The plates show carved and cast objects: a winged sun-disk over a doorway, ivory figures and a lotus-shaped piece, seated and standing royal statues, and gold or inlaid panels flanked by falcons and lions. A designer could draw on their symmetrical, frieze-like compositions, stylised bird and animal motifs, and the flat, rhythmic arrangement of repeated figures.
