Tabby Cat 3D Wall Art | Framed Cat Memorial Gift

Tabby cat 3D wall art finished in a gold or silver leaf effect. A gallery-style portrait of the cat most of us actually live with, and a lasting cat memorial gift for one who has gone.

The Original Cat. The tabby is not a breed. It is the coat the wildcat wore before cats moved in with us, and it is still the most common coat on Britain's cats: the M on the forehead, the stripes down the ribs, the rings on the tail. The name comes from a striped silk once woven in Baghdad, which tells you how long people have admired the pattern. This one is sat the way every cat sits when it wants something, upright, front paws together, tail curled round, eyes on you. This handcrafted relief artwork captures the whole cat in raised 3D, so the stripes, the raised whiskers and the fold of the tail all hold real shadow instead of sitting flat on paper.

Why it is special:

• Sculpted in 3D Relief: This is not a flat print. The artwork is sculpted in raised relief, following the stripes across the chest and flanks, the whiskers standing off the panel and the curl of the tail round the paws. The texture catches the light and changes as you move past it, which is what makes the coat read as fur rather than a pattern.

• Hand-Gilded Finish: We hand-finish every piece in metallic leaf to create a sharp, shimmering contrast against the deep black background. Because the leaf is laid by hand in sheets, each piece carries fine seams and slight variation in the metal. That is the signature of a gilded finish rather than a machine-printed one, and it means no two pieces are identical.

  • Gold effect: Warm and rich, and on this design it is every ginger tabby you have ever met, since every ginger cat is a tabby underneath. The finish most people choose for a living room or hallway.

  • Silver effect: Bright and crisp, the natural choice for a grey, silver or brown tabby, with more contrast against the black. Suits grey, white and modern interiors.

• Make it Personal (+£4.99): Add a name or dates in our elegant calligraphy script (for example Tigger or Molly 2009 - 2025) to make it a personalised cat gift, or a memorial to a cat who has gone on ahead.

• Gallery Quality Framing: Arrives fully framed and ready to hang. We use a deep black wooden box frame with a crisp white mount and glass front for a consistent, premium gallery look.

Perfect For:

• A cat memorial: The tabby is the most common coat in Britain's cats, so this is the piece that looks like the cat you actually had. Add the name and dates and it becomes a quiet cat memorial gift for a friend who has lost theirs, or for yourself.

• The cat lover: A cat lover gift for a birthday or Christmas that is not a mug or a novelty sock, for the person whose moggy runs the house.

• A ginger cat home, or a grey one: Gold for the ginger, silver for the grey or silver tabby. The stripes read from across the room either way.

• Hallways and living rooms: The black frame and white mount sit well on sage, cream and grey walls, and a sitting cat reads clearly from a distance because everyone knows the shape.

The Details

• Subject: Tabby cat, sitting, mackerel (striped) tabby pattern

• Style: Realistic Relief Sculpture

• Artwork: Sculpted in plant-based PLA, approximately 3 mm raised relief

• Dispatch: 1-4 working days, handmade to order

• Delivery: Free UK tracked delivery

• Finish: Hand-gilded Metallic Leaf, in a gold or silver leaf effect

• Frame: Black wooden box frame with white mount & glass front

• Artwork Size: 19cm x 19cm (approx. 7.5" x 7.5")

• Frame Size: 33cm x 33cm x 3cm deep (approx. 13" x 13")

• Origin: Designed, sculpted, and finished by hand in the UK

Questions people ask

Is this a particular breed of cat?
No. A tabby is a coat pattern rather than a breed, and this JP Designs piece shows a mackerel tabby, the striped kind, sitting upright with its tail round its paws. That is why it suits most domestic cats rather than one pedigree.

Does it work for a ginger cat or a grey cat?
Yes. Every ginger cat is genetically a tabby, so the gold finish reads as a ginger. The silver finish suits grey, silver and brown tabbies. Add the name in calligraphy for £4.99 and it is clearly theirs.

Can I use it as a cat memorial?
Yes. Choose the personalisation option and add a name with the years, for example Molly 2009 - 2025, and it arrives framed and ready to hang as a memorial piece.

What is the artwork made from?
The raised relief is sculpted in plant-based PLA, then gilded by hand in metallic leaf and set on a black panel behind glass in a black wooden box frame.

What is the gold finish?
It is a gold leaf effect, applied by hand in metallic leaf sheets against the black background. Hand gilding gives the warmth and shimmer of a gilded surface, with the fine seams and variation that machine printing cannot reproduce.

Will my piece look exactly like the photographs?
Very close, but not identical. Hand-laid leaf carries fine seams and slight variation in the metal, so every piece has its own character.

Does it arrive ready to hang?
Yes. It arrives fully framed with a glass front, ready to hang straight from the box.

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