A long monochrome panel of songbirds and leafy branches in shades of one hue, with a nest of chicks and hanging berries, round blossoms throughout and tall lily stems at the foot, inside a double border.
- Size: 49 x 145 cm (19 x 57 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.
Use it down the middle of a dining table, along a sideboard or across a bed, or hang it as a long, narrow panel.
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.
