MICHAEL O'CONNELL (1898-1976) FOR MAEL FABRICS §
BLOCK-PRINTED WALL HANGING PANEL, CIRCA 1950
Auction: 23 February 2017 at 10:00 GMT
£938
Description
depicting a cockerel in a farmyard, wax resist printing on rayon, signed MAEL
Dimensions
170 x 139cm
Footnote
Note: Michael O'Connell used specially formulated resists and dyes which were painted and piped onto mordanted fabric, then the whole work, once dry was dyed. After the Second World War, such newly developed techniques were used by O'Connell to create the Festival of Britain wall hangings.