Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 129
ORNAMENTAL AND DECORATIVE ART. 105 Mats were frequently employed throughout the] whole of the Ancient Empire, both as carpets and for decorating the walls of rooms. The representations of tombs of the fifth dynasty show to what a degree of perfection they had attained at this period.^ In the tombs… … Fig. 78. — Vase, and Fragments of Vases, in Form of Animals. the present day in the Soudan. The same comparison was made by M. Amelineau on discovering in one of the chambers of the tomb of King Khasakhmui a large quantity of objects in basket work : "... I found there," he says, " fairly long…
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