Petal Painting. A New Hobby for Eve.

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

160

Date Released

26 Jun 1924

Length of issue (in feet)

840

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "Centuries ago, in the pomp of the middle ages, "petal paintings" - or flower rugs - were laid as a carpet for Kings. Today the art is revived. The first sketch -"
"The artist follows the ancient system and from his original sktch, prepares the colour charts -"
""Lining out" the picture ("The Holy Family") on the studio floor -"
"As "paints" - petals and leaves from numerous flowers, shrubs and trees are used."
"Delicate shades are obtained by careful blending -"
"And the petal painting gradually grows -"
"Border designs are built up with stencils -"
"Petal paintings, of course, are not destined to last - ten weeks is about their limit. But while the colours are still vivid, the ‘painting’ is a thing of beauty -"

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Written sources

J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001) p128.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile Issue sheet

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Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

250

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