Objects

Painting of a female figure with arms bent at elbows, holding a wide basket containing red flower petals at shoulder height. Figure wears a costume, inspired by Egyptian clothing styles, consisting of a white and gold skirt and a white shawl tied at the breastbone, as well as a broad, separate collar with red, yellow, and white decoration. Annotations appear in pencil.

Costume Design: Hélène de Sparte

Unfinished painting of a figure facing sideways wearing a costume, inspired by Egyptian clothing, that consists of a wrap-around skirt, a shawl tied at the chest, and a close-fitting cap covering the entire hairline and back of the neck. The body of the figure has been painted, but the clothing is only outlined in pencil with some gold highlights added. Annotations appear in pencil.

Costume Design: Cléopâtre

Stela: Sculptor, Amenhotep I, and Ahmose-Nefertari

Rattle-like instrument in turquoise color with Egyptian hieroglyphs on the handle, which is topped by a stylized head. Above the head, the empty rectangular frame would have originally held the noise-making portion of the instrument.

Instrument: Naos Sistrum

Ostracon: Sistrum

Ivory carving in the shape of an elongated and curved hand and forearm.

Instrument: Clapper

Ivory carving in the shape of an elongated and curved hand and forearm.

Instrument: Clapper

Cutouts of four paintings of vessels: two cups and two perfume bottles, each with dancing figures painted in black on red.

Interior Design: Glasses and Perfume Bottles

Painting for fabric design in yellow, brown, and dark brown depicting bunches of grapes in a teardrop-shaped pattern in alternating colors.

Fabric Design: Grape Motif

Painting for a fabric design on a yellow ground with red and blue swirl borders at top and bottom. In the center of the work, a white square with red dots frames a pattern of 15 blue dots arranged symmetrically in five groups of three.

Fabric Design: Graphic Pattern