This blossom plants over the village tapestry shows tall flowering plants and birds rising above a row of small village houses and animals along the foot of the panel.
Details
- Size: 42 x 31 in (106 x 80 cm)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Style: Wissa Wassef style
- Dye: coloured with natural plant dyes
- One of a kind: woven freehand from no sketch or cartoon. No second copy exists. The photographs show this exact piece.
Hanging it
Its wide format sits well above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard. It has no sleeve or rod pocket. Sew hook-and-loop tape along the top edge and screw the other half to a wooden batten. A clip rail works too, or a tailor can add a rod casing.
Village and garden together
The little houses and animals at the bottom give the tall plants above them their scale. The whole scene is woven freehand in plant-dyed wool, so this Egyptian village tapestry has no copy.
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