A tapestry in the French Aubusson verdure tradition: a wooded landscape of layered trees opening onto a river and distant hills, inside a deep border of flowers and fruit with a ribboned cartouche at the top. The colour blocks and hatching are worked stitch by stitch, not printed, and the weave has real weight.
- Size: 163 x 117 cm (64 x 46 in)
- Material: handwoven wool
- Handspun wool on a cotton warp, woven in Egypt
- Vintage, woven in the 1990s
- Condition: very good
- 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.
Its tall format suits a narrow wall, a hallway, or the space beside a doorway or a staircase.
Hanging: the tapestry arrives without a sleeve or rod pocket. The simplest method is hook-and-loop tape sewn along the top edge, with the matching half fixed to a wooden batten on the wall. A clip rail also works, or a tailor can sew on a casing for a rod.
See more one-of-a-kind pieces in our Egyptian woven tapestries.
