“Tilly Losch Footprint” Carpet,’ 1950,
Monkton House, South Downs, West Sussex, United Kingdom,
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.










