Identifier: palacesofcreteth00moss (find matches)
Title: The palaces of Crete and their builders
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910
Subjects: Palaces
Publisher: London, Unwin
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ype offemale beauty which will never change.) The long petticoatsin a pattern of white check on a dark ground, and also thedesigns of Scotch tartan, were already worn. Some of these exvoto figures of women are completely nude, and a (^.w arewrapped in a mantle fastened by a girdle, but with the breastuncovered, though the mantle is fastened. V. Dr. Evans found at Knossos two faience figures, one ofwhich is unfortunately headless. They have upraised arms, andhold small serpents in their hands, and are perhaps priestesses. Myres, Excavations at Palaikastro, II., the Sanctuary Site of Petsofa,Annual of the British School at Athens, vol. ix. p. 371. DRESS OF THE WOMEN 137 The characteristic of their dress is that the waist is very-small—probably produced by stays. The sleeves are veryshort, and the decolletage in front very wide, showing the bust(Fig, 60). A very similar style of dress is still found among theCretan peasants. The women of Anoja on Mount Ida wear thechemisette half open.
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FIG. 60.—PORCELAIX STATUETTE OF A PRIESTESSFOUND AT KNOSSOS BY DR. EVAXS. The bodice is laced in front and the belt is possibly of metal,as it has a projecting edge. The hair falls loose on the shoulders.On the wrist of the right hand is a bracelet. The colour of thejacket is dark orange, with purple ribbons ; the rest of the dressis light in colour and the flounces have alternate bands of darkpurple and light. A rounded apron embroidered in a design oflines crossed in a lozenge pattern is worn in front and behind. 138 PALACES OF CRETE AND THEIR BUILDERS The dress below the belt has seven flounces in chess-boardpattern. Here the squares are plain, but in other figures thereare two dark-coloured vertical bands on the light squares andnone on the black ones. The skirts are mostlv very smart and quite modern in style,with flounces of white, red, and blue in plaits, or with horizontaland vertical bands. At the hem a Greek rectangular designforms a deep border. The tight belt with the wi

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