Banner, dark blue satin woven wool ground, lettering stencilled in silver paint 'Mary Somerville', '1780-1872', stylised floral border in silver paint, appliquéd design of intersecting ovals and lines within a circle made with three widths of silver braid, pale blue twill woven cotton lining, seven metal rings stitched along top edge to hang, two cords of blue silk wrapped cotton with tassels at each end threaded through metal rings.