Surah Al-Falaq Square Kufic, Deep Violet on Cream — Egyptian Appliqué Wall Hanging, 19"

Surah Al-Falaq is set as a dense grid of square Kufic letters spiralling inward across the square, inside a plain margin and a wide mitred border.

• Size: 48 x 48 cm (19 x 19 in), width x height
• Text: Al-Falaq
• Colourway: Deep Violet on Cream
• 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.

A small piece for a kitchen wall, a reading corner, a shelf niche or a gallery-wall grouping.

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.