This great tree over the village tapestry has one great fan-shaped tree spreading across the centre of the cloth, village houses on either side, a camel and riders on horseback, and villagers going about the day beneath it.
Details
- Size: 61 x 35 in (155 x 90 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Style: Wissa Wassef style
- Dye: coloured with natural plant dyes
- Signature: signed by the artist in the weave
- One of a kind: woven freehand from no sketch or cartoon. No second copy exists. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard, the wide village scene can run almost the full width of the furniture. The tapestry has no sleeve or rod pocket. Hook-and-loop tape along the top edge, with its partner on a wooden batten, holds it neatly. A clip rail or a tailor-sewn casing also work.
Daily life in the weave
The houses, the camel and each villager are woven freehand around the tree, with no cartoon behind the warp. The artist signed it in the weave, and the plant-dyed wool gives this Egyptian village tapestry its warm, varied colour.
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