An octagonal medallion of leaf petals around a small star fills the middle of this long panel, with hexagon roundels and knotwork arabesques above and below and a rosette cartouche at each end, framed by a wide outer band.
- Size: 83 x 183 cm (33 x 72 in), width x height
- Colourway: Black on Maroon
- 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.
