A heavy-trunked tree loaded with fruit stands at the centre of this fruiting tree of life with doves tapestry, doves perched through its branches and wading in the water below, swifts crossing the sky.
Details
- Size: 56 x 39 in (143 x 98 cm)
- Material: handspun wool on a cotton warp
- Style: Harrania weaving tradition
- Finish: knotted fringe at both ends
- One of a kind: woven freehand, no sketch or cartoon behind the warp. There is no twin. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
The upright proportions suit a narrow wall, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or a staircase. It arrives with no sleeve or rod pocket. Stitch hook-and-loop tape along the top of the woven area, just inside the fringe, and fix its mate to a batten; a clip rail or a sewn rod casing work too.
In the Harrania tradition
The piece belongs to the Harrania weaving tradition: handspun wool on a cotton warp, the dove tapestry composed on the loom rather than copied. Both ends are finished with a knotted fringe.
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