#chaucer

So first off, there's this foot stool:

I was told it was A Character from the Canterbury Tales that my grandmother needlepointed. Which, neat I'll like that,so I put it in the "For Emily" pile.

In between here, someone else put the Work Box in my pile as well.

Weeks later (aka today) I'm poking around in the sewing closet (this house has so much stuff impressively crammed in crevices). I see a box. I have learned at this point that my Grams kept the coolest shit in boxes and I should definitely open the box. I pull out the box and I find this:

Fully drawn out and colored needle point canvases for more Chaucer characters in PRISTINE condition. But crucially, not started. Complete with the sizing up drawings. This tells me there are original small drafts somewhere. I also learn that my Great Grandfather REALLY liked Chaucer and was a good artist.

The coolness of the stool is Starting to Come into Perspective.

I bring the box and canvases home with me. OBVIOUSLY. And the rest of the Me Pile too.

I get home and start opening the hat box, only to find this:

So I have the original letter, the original draft art from my great gramps, the intermediate draft art also done by him, the canvases and a single finished piece by my grandmother.

4 generations in one project now including me.