Tag: Helmuth Theodor Bossert

Make your home look like Nefertiti is coming to stay. Plates of Ancient Egyptian décor from when Egyptian Revival was the chicest style. “Farbige Dekorationen.” Written by Helmuth Theodor Bossert, it was published in Berlin in 1928.Captions in German, French and English on the original document. Please enlarge the images to read them in French or English.

Plate VIII. Egypt. Figures 20 and 21. Thebes (Schêch Abd el-Gurna) hälfte des 15. Jahrh v. Chr. Page 54. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n54/mode/2up


Plate X. Egypt. Figures 26-33. Theben (Thebes) (Schêch Abd el-Gurna). Etwa 1380-1370 v. Chr. Page 58. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n58/mode/2up
Plate XI. Egypt. Figure 34. Tell el-Amarna. Um 1370 v. Chr. Page 60. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n60/mode/2up
Plate XII. Egypt. Theben (Thebes) Figures 35. (Kurnet Murai) um. 1350 v. Chr.. Figure 36. ( (Schêch Abd el-Gurna). Um 1090 v. Chr. Page 62. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n62/mode/2up
Plate XIII. Egypt. Figure 37. Sakkâra. Ende des 8 Jahrh BC. Figure 38. Theben (Thebes). Um. 1120 v. Chr. Figure 39. Philae. Um 370 v. Chr und 3. Jahrh v. Chr. Page 64. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n64/mode/2up

Style sheets to make any space look a bit fancier. Ancient Egyptian designs from Helmuth Theodor Bossert’s work “An encyclopaedia of colour decoration from the earliest times to the middle of the XIXth century” which was published in Berlin in 1928.

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“Thebes, beginning of the 15th century, BC.” Egypt. Figures 16 and 17. Page 51. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n50/mode/1up

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“Egypt. Thebes. First half of the 15th century BC.” Figures 20 and 21. Page 54. Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n54/mode/1up

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“Egypt. Thebes. First quarter of the 15th century BC.” Figures 18 and 19. Page 52.Collections of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. Digitalized by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal LSTA funds. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n52/mode/1up

Plates of Ancient Egyptian décor from when Egyptian Revival was the chicest style. This time from “Farbige Dekorationen.” Written by Helmuth Theodor Bossert, it was published in Berlin in 1928.

"Egyptian" Plate 2. Tell al-Amarna.
“Egyptian” Plate 2. Tell al-Amarna. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n42

"Egyptian" Plate 3. Page 45.
“Egyptian” Plate 3. Karnak, Luxor, and Zawiyet el-Metin. Page 45. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n44

"Egyptian." Plate 5. Page 47.
“Egyptian.” Plate 5. Thebes, 18th dynasty. Page 47. Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofc00boss/page/n47