This mother and child tapestry shows a mother gathering her child into her arms, veiled women resting on the hillside behind them and the village houses climbing the slope.
Details
- Size: 47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Signature: signed by the weaver in Arabic
- Finish: warp fringe
- One of a kind: woven freehand with no sketch or cartoon behind the warp, so no second copy exists; the photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Its near-square format works above a console, in a study, a bedroom, or as the focal point of an entryway. It is supplied without a sleeve or rod pocket. Hook-and-loop tape sewn to the top and a matching strip on a wooden batten keep it flat; a clip rail or a rod casing from a tailor are other easy options.
Woven freehand
With no drawing behind the warp, the weaver shapes the embrace and the hillside figures by eye, then signs the cloth in Arabic. It is finished with a warp fringe, and at 3.9 ft this wool wall hanging is large enough to anchor a room.
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