Mirvella — ميرفيلاMirvella

Palestinian craft, considered closely

The Mirvella journal

Notes on Palestinian embroidery, from the shape of a composition to the place it finds in a home.

Mirvella’s framed geometric embroidery composition
From an idea to a composition

How an embroidery composition finds its balance

Read embroidered wall art through focal points, repeated shapes, colour, open space and the frame. General design decisions explained with simple examples.

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Red angular Arabic lettering on a light ground, with muted corner accents inside a pale rectangular frame

Red lines and light passages in a Kufic frame

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Four red floral forms arranged around a light central crossing, with red corner leaves and a pale frame

Four floral forms around an open centre

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Further pages

On art, home and choosing well

  1. What is framed tatreez art?

  2. What gives a handmade embroidery piece its value?

  3. Hand and machine embroidery: what to ask before buying wall art

  4. A place for framed Palestinian embroidery in your home

  5. Choosing Palestinian embroidery art for an entryway

  6. Tatreez wall art in a small room: choose space before size

  7. Framed embroidery or an embroidered mirror? A room-planning guide

  8. Choosing Palestinian embroidery for a home abroad

  9. Living with Arabic calligraphy when you do not read Arabic

  10. Palestinian embroidery gifts chosen for the person

  11. How to read embroidery product photos before ordering

  12. Planning a custom embroidery enquiry: words, colour and size

  13. How to compare quotes for framed Palestinian embroidery

  14. Where to look for Palestinian embroidery wall art

  15. Ordering Palestinian embroidery from abroad, step by step

In the Mirvella catalog

Lettering, pattern and a piece to choose

Explore the whole collection, then ask about the details of what catches your eye before confirming an order.

Browse the catalog