Tapestry depicting a scene from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing; before an altar Hero faints on the ground supported by Beatrice; Claudio stands on the left, while Leonato slumps behind, his hand held by Friar Francis.

Some of Herbert Bone's designs for the Royal Windsor Tapestry Manufactory are also in the Royal Collection (RCIN 925461). The design for this particular tapestry, however, was presented by the artist's daughter, Margaret Bone, to Lilian Bayliss, "and it hangs in the foyer of the 'Old Vic'" (as she explains in a letter dated 6 April, 1934, to the Royal Librarian).

By 1877 the workshop, emulating Gobelins styles, was working with 5000 different shades of wool. In 1880, three years after the Old Windsor Tapestry Manufactory's expansion and consequent move to Manor Lodge, Old Windsor, Queen Victoria approved the use of "Royal" in the company name.