c.1903-1904

Watercolour illustration of a fragment of a tapestry woven textile, showing the complete width. Decoration is created in slit-tapestry weaving in blue, green, red and yellow coloured linen threads. The left selvedged border displays a pattern of alternating flowers and buds, and the right border a double row of alternating semicircles. Within this is a heiroglyphic inscription including a royal name in a cartouche flanked by a pair of uraei, and eight rows of alternating lotus flowers and papyrus umbels. The selvedged borders are sen on in satin stitch.