A tall prayer-niche design: a pointed arch frames a tower of double spiral scrolls, lotus blooms and a tulip-filled vase at the base, enclosed by a narrow border of wavy vine running up both sides.
- Size: 103 x 195 cm (41 x 77 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.
At this size it holds a whole wall on its own: above a long sofa, at the head of a stairwell or across a dining room.
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.
