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And smale fowles maken melodie... by Violet Wilson

And smale fowles maken melodie... by Violet Wilson

And smale fowles maken melodie...

Violet Wilson

Title

And smale fowles maken melodie...

 
Artist

Violet Wilson

  1902 - PRESENT (biography)
Year
c. 1925  
Technique
calligraphy and gilding 
Image Size
7 3/4 x 6" image size 
Signature
ink, lower left 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
M C Bowerley & V. Wilson, in lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory wove 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
4289 
Price
SOLD
Description
A calligraphy of a verse from the Preamble of the Canterbury Tales by Geofrey Chaucer, circa 1387. It is a collaboration between the calligrapher, Violet Wilson (see our biography) and Marta Bowerley, who did the gilding.