This sunflower garden and blossom tree tapestry splits the scene in two: tall sunflowers crowd one side while a great leafy tree fills the other, with a flock of birds coming down toward its branches and animals resting in the grass below.
Details
- Size: 63 x 40 in (159 x 102 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Signature: signed by the weaver in Arabic, bottom left
- One of a kind: woven freehand from no sketch or cartoon. No second copy exists. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Wide rather than tall, it is made for the wall above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard. There is no sleeve or rod pocket. Run hook-and-loop tape across the top edge and mount its partner on a wooden batten, or use a clip rail. A tailor can also sew on a casing for a rod.
Two halves, one weaver
The weaver balances the sunflowers against the tree by eye, with no cartoon to copy. That is why the flowers lean and the branches spread a little differently from any other sunflower tapestry in the collection.
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