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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asPlate IV. worn in a different manner. In this case thegarment is left open down the sides, the front half istaken and pinned at the back of the waist, and theback half io drawn towards the front and girded witha wide sash measuring 32x 120, as shown in Plate V.and Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9. It should be noted that Fig. 6is a modern drawing of Plate V.; also the costumeupon p. 19, which dates 2500 B.C., gives three differentviews of the same dress, a costume which emphasizesthe love of the Egyptians for drawing up the dresstightly so as to define the limbs at the back and allowinggreat masses of drapery to fall in front to the feet. Toadjust the sash or girdle on Plate V., commence at theright side of waist drawing the sash downwards to theleft and round the hips at back, next draw upwardsacross the front from right to left and round waist atback and tuck the remaining length of sash in front asshown in Fig. 6. 16 PLAT. I M.G.H, del. ANI, A SCRIBE F.SM. pinx. C 17 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSTUME
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Fig 0 18 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COSTUME

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