271 .-- Women weaving.

From wall-scene in tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan, Twelfth Dynasty.] We learn from the tomb paintings that netted or cane-bottomed chairs were covered with stuffed seats and richly worked cushions.

These cushions and stuffed seats have perished, but it is to be concluded that they were covered with tapestry.

Tapestry was undoubtedly known to the Egyptians, and a bas-relief subject at Beni Hasan (fig.

271)[74] shows the process of weaving.