Covone Gentile

I sign Covone Gentile wallpaper thinking of the farmyard of another time, when plump broody hens spread their tails like fans among the tall ears of wheat and round chicks joined the game, hidden among the painted grains. The design belongs to country folk art, the tradition that tells of life in the fields with flat forms, clean outlines and full colours, without shadow or perspective, like the hand-painted signs on the farmsteads of the past.

Each hen is shown from the front, rust-red comb and feathers marked by small dots that imitate embroidery; each chick is a cloud of cream-coloured down. The ears rise straight, moss green against the ivory ground, dotted with ochre grains that look sown by hand. The figures alternate without gaps, like a folk song repeating on every wall, edge after edge, seamlessly.

For me this motif tells of the care that mothers — of every species — give their young, and of the promise that each day brings a new harvest of play and wonder. In a child's room, Covone Gentile wallpaper becomes a small protected world, where the child can recognise every hen, every chick, every ear of wheat as lifelong friends.

At WallZad we translate this country tale with the same craft care we give to large interiors, choosing papers free of harmful substances and prints that stay alive, soft and luminous, made to accompany growing up lightly.