Description
“Tree of Life” vintage 1970s rug fiber art wall hanging by Frank S. Lane of Ozark, Arkansas. This decades old piece looks new and has fading. The carpet sections are masterfully sewed together to create a stunning “Tree of Life” inspired design. The woven rug material is densely piled and features strands of different lengths. The tree and horizon puff out, giving dimension to the wall hanging. The textile art is mounted to a plywood back. The piece has a metal wire on the back for easy hanging.
48” diameter x 3” Deep
About Tree of Life:
The tree of life is a widespread myth or archetype in the world’s mythologies, related to the concept of sacred tree more generally, and hence in religious and philosophical tradition.
The expression tree of life was used as a metaphor for the phylogenetic tree of common descent in the evolutionary sense in a famous passage by Charles Darwin (1872). The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree.
