Autumn trees stand over a mud-brick village in this autumn village and cranes tapestry, while cranes gather along the water and villagers lead a horse past the houses.
Details
- Size: 78 x 48 in (197 x 122 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Dye: wool dyed in deep, colourfast shades
- Signature: signed by the artist in the weave
- One of a kind: woven freehand with no sketch or cartoon behind the warp. No second copy exists. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
This 6.5 ft wool wall hanging is made for the wall above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard, where it can run almost the full width of the furniture. It comes without a sleeve or rod pocket. For a piece of 78 x 48 in, hook-and-loop tape along the full top edge and a long wooden batten spread the weight evenly; a clip rail or a tailor-sewn casing for a rod also work.
Woven freehand
As an Egyptian village tapestry it is built up freehand, so the cranes and the village lanes were composed on the loom rather than traced. The artist signed it in the weave.
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