Guinea Fowl
Guinea Fowl
Guinea Fowl
Guinea Fowl

Gudme Leth - Guinea Fowl

$290.00
SKU: GL-Pillow-Guinea Fowl

Marie Gudme Leth was an outstanding Danish textile artist who achieved great recognition both in Denmark and internationally.

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GUINEA FOWL 1941 Textile print in 3 colors Marie Gudme Leth often found inspiration for her works on travels and in nature. The guinea fowl pattern is from the period when she worked with naturalistic and romantic patterns that included a narrative element and a lot of humor. In this pattern, the guinea fowl wander among green palms and ferns with large, astonished eyes. The exotic landscape brings to mind Java, where Marie Gudme Leth stayed for several years, and other countries in the Far East that she also had the opportunity to visit on this extensive journey, including Malaysia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and India. The pattern is printed with freely drawn lush flowers, where the colors overlap, making it difficult to distinguish the individual pattern borders from each other.

Gudme Leth

Marie Gudme Leth, a renowned Danish textile artist, gained international acclaim for her work. Her iconic Cherry pattern, featuring bright colors and birds among cherry and peach branches, is being reprinted and holds a special place in Danish handicrafts, especially after Queen Ingrid used it to decorate a princess's room. Known for her love of flowers and detailed drafts, Leth drew inspiration from Danish flora, introducing a lush floral style in the early 1940s to bring color and cheer during the dark times of World War II. The Cherry pattern was the first to use a new technique of photographic transfer for precise fabric printing.