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British poet Edward James, captivated by his wife, had the trail of her wet footprints from a bath woven into the carpet.

Edward James, patron of the surrealists, was so besotted with his wife, the dancer Tilly Losch, that when he saw the trail of wet footprints she left up the stairs after her bath at Monkton House, he had them woven into the carpet.

"Staircase" ⊹ Monkton House (1930s) ~ Edward James ◇ Tilly Losch's footprints forever mid-step

The photographic description is so close to the painter’s realistic style, and James is so close to the painting, that he seems to stand on the threshold-evidently unaware that the potential liberty before him is threatened by the heavy artillery at his side.

The Surrealist British poet Edward James was so in love with his ballerina wife, Tilly Losch, that when he saw a trail of her wet footprints up the stairs after her bath, he had them woven into the carpet. He also created a stairwell lined in a carpet woven with his dog’s paw-prints.

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His name is Edward James. 😊

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