Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Single-sized curtain, white cotton, hemmed at the bottom, curtain tape removed; screen-printed with a pattern called 'Country Life' by B Ellis, comprising a repeating motif of a variety of fantastical birds of differing sizes, rendered in a free, 'sketchy' style filled with small areas of intricate geometric patterning, interspersed with stylised plants, these motifs are printed over the entire surface in black.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 51735

Creation/Production

Ellis, B. G.
Gayonnes Ltd
Date: 1951 –

Acquisition

Transfer, 12/12/2013

Measurements

Length (cm): 113.5
Width (cm): 110.5

Techniques

woven
forming
Applied Art
screen-printed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

cotton

Location

In store
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