Villagers ride and lead donkeys between rows of domed mud-brick houses and small trees, with a crowd of figures and a tumbling rider along the bottom, framed by a narrow inner band and border.
- Size: 70 x 55 cm (28 x 22 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.
Its wide format sits well above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard.
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.
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