Five Songbirds on Blossoming Branches — Egyptian Appliqué Wall Hanging, 35"

Five songbirds perch along sweeping diagonal branches that climb through a tall panel crowded with leaves and large rosette blossoms, one bird flying with fanned wings near the top, inside a deep double border.

• Size: 69 x 88 cm (27 x 35 in), width x height
• Technique: Khayamiya — cotton appliqué, stitched entirely by hand
• One of a kind: cut and stitched by hand, not printed. The flat photographs show this exact piece; the room photographs are illustrations.

Its tall format suits a narrow wall, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or a staircase.

Khayamiya is the appliqué of the Cairo tentmakers. Every shape is cut from cotton, its edges turned under and hand-stitched onto the backing with tiny, close stitches, so the picture is built up layer by layer rather than printed or painted.

Hanging: a rod pocket is sewn across the back of the top edge. Slide a curtain rod, a dowel or a slim batten through it and hang it from two brackets or nails.

See more one-of-a-kind pieces in our Egyptian appliqué wall hangings.