"Embroidered Snowy Steps" ❋ The only footprints that won't melt

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.

Robert Henderson Blyth (British, 1919-1970), Figures in a Snow-covered Street, c.1946-47. Oil on board, 35 x 46 cm.

A sunny winter walk in the woods ❄️❄️

By Matti Merilaid.

They've been divorced since they first met.