Large hand stitch petit point tapestry of "The Last Supper"
08 October 2024
Description

My father Embric Melbraaten hand stitched a petit point tapestry of "The Last Supper". It was finished in 1984. He toured with it that year, and had offers to sell it. But he just couldn't part with it. My father passed away in 2007. We put in storage in 2008. We were asked to display it again just recently for Trinity Lutheran Church's 75th anniversary, so we took it out of storage. It does nobody any service being put back in storage again. It needs to be appreciated for what it is, and the family has agreed to sell it. The outside frame is 4 1/2 feet by 7 feet. There are 1,280,996 stitches, and the time devoted to the creation of the tapestry is 14,000 hours. I have all the designs and extra thread, and purple matting cloth. My dad was a carpenter early in his career and he build the frame, and display stands. My dad was also a mathematical genius and this is all designed with that in mind. I have more extreme documentation on this. This is just an introductory sample of what this is. My dad documented everything!

Dimensions

4 1/2 feet by 7 feet (or precise 53 1/2 inches by 85 1/2 inches) (aka golden rectangle)

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Inherited
For sale
Yes

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