Macrame and Shell Wall Hanging, 40 x 70 cm

It hangs from a wrapped dowel and falls in tiers: rows of small natural shells across the top, then cotton tassels in three layers below, each longer than the last.

About the size.

40 cm wide, 70 cm from the dowel to the longest tassel. A tall, narrow shape, which makes it useful in the places a square piece cannot go - beside a door, between two windows, on the strip of wall at the end of a corridor, or above a bedside table where a wide piece would overhang.

Above a bed or a sofa it works as one of a pair or a group rather than alone. On its own it is too narrow to hold that much wall.

About the material.

White cotton cord, hand-knotted, with natural shells threaded in rows at the top. The shells are the part that changes with the light - they catch it where the cotton absorbs it, so the top band always reads brighter than the tassels below.

Honest note on the tassels.

Three tiers of cut cotton do not hang straight out of the box. They have been folded for shipping and need a day or two, plus a gentle comb through with your fingers, before they fall properly. That is normal and it is not a fault.

Where it works.

Bedrooms, a reading corner, a narrow hall, a nursery. On a covered terrace it is fine. In direct sun the white warms over a season and the shells dull.

Care.

Shake it out every few weeks. Comb the tassels through with your fingers rather than a brush. Dust the shell rows with a dry soft brush. No water.

Good to know

• Hand-knotted white cotton with rows of natural shell
  
• 40 cm wide, 70 cm long including the tassels
  
• Hangs from a wrapped dowel with a cord loop
  
• Light enough for a single picture hook
  
• Indoors, or a covered terrace out of direct sun
  
• Every shell is different, so no two pieces match exactly