Once only, upon the body of one of the Deir el Bahari princesses, did I find a royal cartouche embroidered in pale rose-colour.

The Egyptians of the best periods seem to have attached special value to plain stuffs, and especially to white ones.
These they wove with marvellous skill, and upon looms in every respect identical with those used in tapestry work.

Those portions of the winding sheet of Thothmes III.

which enfolded the royal hands and arms, are as fine as the finest India muslin, and as fairly merit the name of "woven air" as the gauzes of the island of Cos.

This, of course, is a mere question of manufacture, apart from the domain of art.