Kathleen Rattan Wall Decor, 50 cm

Fifty centimetres across, woven in natural rattan with twelve wedges of white wool worked into the surface and a scalloped edge. The wool is what makes her: a plain woven disc is texture, and the white detailing turns it into a pattern.

About the size.

At 50 cm she is the size that works in a group rather than alone. On a narrow wall or above a console she stands on her own; above a three-seater sofa a single 50 cm piece will look undersized, and two or three at different diameters will not. Mixed with a 60 cm piece and something smaller, she reads as the middle note.

About the material.

Natural rattan, hand-woven, with white wool stitched in rather than printed on. The rattan tone runs from pale straw to a deeper brown within a single piece, and the scalloped edge is formed by hand, so no two are the same shape to the millimetre.

How she hangs.

Light enough for an adhesive strip, which is the point of a woven wall piece in a rented apartment. Clean and dry the wall first, halve whatever weight the strip claims, and keep her off a wall that takes afternoon sun - adhesive fails in heat.

Indoors or outdoors.

Both. Natural fibre lightens where the sun reaches it, so outdoors expect the tone to pale a little over the first season and then settle. The white wool softens the same way.

Care.

Dust with a soft brush or a vacuum on its lowest setting, going with the weave. Keep her dry; never wipe natural fibre with a damp cloth.

Good to know

• 50 cm diameter
  
• Natural rattan with white wool detailing
  
• Light enough for an adhesive fixing
  
• Works best in a group at mixed diameters
  
• Hand-woven, so each piece differs