This sunflower field with doves tapestry brings a field of sunflowers in close, their heads and leaves filling the whole panel, with doves resting and flying among the stems and a strip of open sky along the top.
Details
- Size: 72 x 50 in (183 x 127 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Dye: coloured with natural plant dyes
- 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 tall format suits a high narrow wall, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or staircase. It comes without a sleeve or rod pocket. Sew hook-and-loop tape along the top edge and fix its partner to a wooden batten the width of the piece; a clip rail works too, or a tailor can add a casing for a rod.
Woven freehand
At 6 ft, every sunflower head and every dove is still shaped by eye, with no cartoon behind the warp. Natural plant dyes colour the wool, so the petals and leaves shift gently in tone across the field.
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