What to do with an Egyptian tent panel?

December 28, 2016 9:12 PM

I was gifted an Egyptian tent panel. It is quilted cotton on a heavy canvas backing. I want to display it/use it, but how?

I was gifted a beautiful Egyptian tent panel a few years ago. It is quilted cotton on a heavy canvas backing. Its pattern is similar to this bright motif. There are grommets along the edges, which would make it easy to hang. However, it is too large to hang on any wall in my house--I'd say it is at least 10' square. Can you think of other ways I might hang the panel or otherwise display it?

posted by methroach to Home & Garden (5 answers total)

Gorgeous! So jelly!

Tack the grommets to a wooden dowel, then roll the top edge until it's a height that can fit on your wall. Hang it using those curtain rod holders with a thumbscrew that tightens down so it won't unroll.
posted by ottereroticist at 9:16 PM on December 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Could it be a ceiling panel?
Could you have it re-made into smaller items like pouffes or pillows and a bedspread?
If you hang it so only part of it shows, rotate it every year-ish so I it fades evenly.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 9:21 PM on December 28, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Hang it from the ceiling as a giant canopy over your bed? Or even your couch.
posted by MexicanYenta at 9:27 PM on December 28, 2016 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Folded a bit and this
posted by ReluctantViking at 9:45 PM on December 28, 2016

Response by poster: (kinda late)..but thanks all. I like all these ideas but will probably go with the canopy or foldover idea :)
posted by methroach at 9:04 AM on January 17, 2017