Khafre pays tribute to the decorative modernity of Pharaonic Egypt, its border directly inspired by the collections of the Swiss Egyptologist Gustave Jequier. Hand-tufted in New Zealand wool, it demonstrates how startlingly contemporary the ornament of the ancient world can look when isolated and rewoven: a disciplined, architectural edge that frames a floor as a cornice frames a ceiling. Scholarship worn lightly, and a border with real authority.
