This tree of birds with animals at the river tapestry is built around a tall tree full of birds, more birds flying across the sky around it, while horses and other animals gather to drink at the river below.
Details
- Size: 66 x 40 in (169 x 102 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Style: Wissa Wassef style
- Dye: coloured with natural plant dyes
- Signature: signed by the artist, bottom right
- One of a kind: woven freehand from no sketch or cartoon. No second copy exists. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Its tall format suits a narrow wall, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or staircase. It has no sleeve or rod pocket. The simplest way up is hook-and-loop tape sewn across the top, with the other half fixed to a wooden batten. A clip rail or a tailor-sewn rod casing are alternatives.
Wissa Wassef style
Woven in the Wissa Wassef style, the scene is composed freehand straight onto the loom. The artist signed it at the bottom right, and the plant-dyed wool gives the sky, the tree and the river their varied tones.
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