Saturday 4 February 2012

A Flock of Peasant Birds


designed by Godfrey Blount


Detail of Peasant Tapestry Wall-Hanging,
designed by Godfrey Blount,
Studio International, vol 29

Handwoven linen coverlet, designed by Godfrey Blount
from Studio International, vol 29

from Ethel Blount's Gifts of St Nicholas: a Study of Toys 
'Revolutionary geese', Ethel Blount, ibid
by Ethel Blount, ibid

detail from talisman card by Godfrey Blount
plasterwork by Godfrey Blount

a pair of cranes, plasterwork by Godfrey Blount
plasterwork by Godfrey Blount

a pair of eagles, plasterwork by Godfrey Blount

a cockerel, plasterwork by Godfrey Blount
A dove, plasterwork by Godfrey Blount

freehand plasterwork by Godfrey Blount,
 The Craftsmen, Vol 12, April 1907-September 1907

detail of piece by the Haslemere Weaving Industry,
reproduced courtesy of Haslemere Educational Museum



from Godfrey Blount's Arbor Vitae, Fifield, 3rd edition, 1910

from Arbor Vitae (ibid)
from Arbor Vitae (ibid)

ibid

detail of talisman card, by Godfrey Blount


detail from talisman card, by Godfrey Blount

detail from talisman card, by Godfrey Blount

detail from Christmas card, by Godfrey Blount

detail from talisman card, by Godfrey Blount

detail of peasant tapestry, 
detail from embroidered panel, Godfrey Blount 1896, V&A Museum


detail from peasant tapestry,
designed by Godfrey Blount
reproduced courtesy of
Haslemere Educational Museum
detail from peasant tapestry,
designed by Godfrey Blount
reproduced courtesy of
Haslemere Educational Museum



2 comments:

  1. A lovely post. My favourites are the swallows on the V&A embroidery.
    I expect that the birds Godfrey Blount knew around Foundry Meadow are the ancestors of your own garden birds.......

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  2. Thanks. I think they are my favourite too, although the tapestry of the blackbird singing amongst the magnolias(?) comes a close second.

    I have wondered what the birds and deer that frequent our gardens could tell us about the time of the peasant artists. We also have many squirrels and foxes, which I have not seen depicted in any Peasant Arts works.

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