Double-sided banner of hessian embroidered in applique linen, metal threads and coloured silks, using satin, stem and straight stitches. The front side shows a stylised coat of arms of the city of Glasgow, with the words 'Let Glasgow Flourish' below. On the other side is another coat of arms,with image at the top of a woman in green robes, flanked by a pair of wings, and standing on top of an armour helmet, with three green strands on either side as crest, per pale with woman holding a bird in one hand and resting her other on an anchor, whilst standing on a half globe. Quartered right side with double lion rampant with triple shells in white on wavy edged black with yellow band, below which is a Latin motto 'Dum Spiro Spero' ('while I breathe, I hope'). This is the marital coat of arms of the physicist, Professor Arthur Rucker and his wife, Tereza Story-Maskelyne, who was an academic and advocate for the teaching of domestic science. Underneath the motto is the inscription 'Rucker Glasgow 1901'. There is a blue silk cord threaded through the top of the banner, with tassels falling down the sides.