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St Francis felt the goodness of God in nature and found the
divine perfection in all creatures.
In the main panel of the tapestry St. Francis is praying under
the blooming tree, surrounded by birds. The kneeling saint looks humble and
gentle. His bare feet touch the ground without leaving any shade. The expression
of his face is happy but concerned, he is a well educated man with simple
message of love and peace.
The triptych's left panel shows St.. Francis praying in the
plain below the city Assisi where he was born. The right pannel shows St.
Francis putting Jesus into the crib. In 1223 the Saint had an idea of celebrating
the Nativity by creating the scenes from Bethlehem on Christmas.
The tapestry is woven in traditional gobelin manner. The structure
of the tapestry the warp is horizontal. The hand dyed weft covers the warp.
The tapestry was woven by Monique Lehman sidewise. Monique created the design
after studing St. Francis live and all available pictorial representations
of him made in over 700 years. The tapestry measuring 9'×3.5' was made
in Monique's Pasadena studio, it took six months to weave this artwork.
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