Decorative patterns of the Ancient World 1930 [Leather Bound]

by William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1930]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - eng, Pages 110. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} Complete Decorative patterns of the Ancient World 1930 Flinders, Petrie

Genres: Art, Reference, Design, Nonfiction

110 pages, Leather Bound

First published June 1, 1911

About the author

Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS, known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, such as Naukratis, Tanis, Abydos and Amarna. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been so fascinated with this book. I got it at half priced books and I'm so happy I did. I've been dipping myself in patterns and repetition with oil pastels and I found this book at exactly the right time. I was looking for something like this but did not know how to look for it and was instead looking at lots of crafting and quilting books and observing the patterns there. but this is what I needed!! looking at similarities between different motifs and how to connect things has been so fun for me

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is strictly a reference for patterns. That seems quite obvious, given the title, but I wish to be clear that this book does not contain very many examples of fine draftsmanship or artistic technique.

At worst (many of the animal motifs) the drawings look almost childlike. At best (some of the braided patterns) they are merely attractive at first glance. Do no expect masterful engraving or pen work, as you will find none.

However, as a broad sampling of the many types of ornamentation created in human history in non-chronological order, this makes a fine catalog. If you look to the top of each of the illustration plates, you will find titles such as "Foliage" or "Arabesques" or "Angular Plait, Norse, Lombard." This is very useful for finding authentic patterns of a similar nature.

Some of the illustrations have helpful descriptions underneath such as "Hittite Cylinder..." or "700? Bologna" which at least gives you an idea of what the origin might be. But for the most part, you're faced with "Chiusi M.I.225.7" from which you must extract various abbreviations and/or Roman Numerals to look up in the text at the beginning of the book. Of course, this ridiculously terse cross-referencing is an artifact of the original book's 1930 printing origins. Somebody needs to re-set this thing on a computer and collate the notes with the illustrations.