Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Fabric
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
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.