Identifier: ancientegyptiana00hous (find matches)
Title: Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Houston, Mary G. (Mary Galway), b. 1871 Hornblower, Florence S
Subjects: Costume Costume Costume
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black, limited
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Fig. 34a is fringed, recalling certain Egyptian types already illus-trated, and, indeed, has points of similarity with certainGreek and Roman draperies. To drape this shawl (seeFig. 34a) fold over on the line e-f so that e-f, a-b,hangs down outside; then attach the cord e-g as illus-trated, and hold g at right side of waist in front, throwingthe rest of the shawl backwards over the right shoulder.Draw the edge e-f round the back of neck, and form a62 PLATE XIII
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M,G.H. del F.S.H. pinx. KING ASSUR-NASIR-PAL 63 ANCIENT ASSYRIAN COSTUME sling over the left arm, as shown. To complete thedrapmg, continue to pass the edge e-f round the waisttowards the right, passing under the right elbow, then onround the back and left side until it reaches about 6 inchesin front of left side of waist; now fold the remainder ofdrapery underneath, as shown in the drawings, and tiea cord round waist to keep all firmly in position*; knotthe end of the cord e-g to this waist cord. Fig. 35shows the back \dew, and Fig. 86 shows the draperythrown off the left shoulder to give freedom to botharms. Figs. 34 and 35 only giving freedom to the rightarm. If the cord e-g is pulled down so that e touchesthe waist, then both shoulders will be covered by thedrapery. Fig. 84 is the most usual arrangement of thistype of drapery, but in looking at Plate XIII. closely itwill be seen that the modern drawing (Fig. 37) is a moreexact rendering. This drawing is from a draping ofthe same s

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