British Museum

by zoehillyard In Commissions, Pieces

It has been a real pleasure to work with staff at the British Museum on bespoke collections for sale in their Grenville Room using imagery from their archives. 

Highlighted here are key pieces from a collection created useing an exquisite map of London printed in 1825 in which the Tower of London still has a moat and beyond the Brompton road there is only farmland.  Titled ‘Cary’s New & Accurate Map of London & Westminster’, the map is currently held in the British Library.  Within the ceramic patchwork pieces made, key places written in Old English can be discovered – including the ‘Britifh Mufeum’. 

 
British Museum London Map Vase / 22cm high x 20cm / silk ceramic & thread / 2011
British Museum London Map Dish / 8cm x 14cm / silk ceramic & thread / 2011
British Museum London Map Globe / 17cm x 17cm / silk ceramic & thread / 2011