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Wood, Alice (artist)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Had I the Heavens' Embroidered Cloths Archival Material / Wood, Alice; Phillips, Tom; Phillips T., 2000

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Identifier: CC-39276-41223
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Alice Wood writes, "Tom [Phillips] thought you might like these notes & templates for your archive. They belong to the "Tread Softly" quilt. With kind regards, Alice. I am so glad it has found such an appropriate home, and will be well looked after." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Had I the Heavens' Embroidered Cloths / Tom Phillips; Alice Wood., 1997

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Identifier: CC-39049-40987
Scope and Contents Tom Phillips, with the assistance of Alice Wood, created this quilt from fragments of fabric from costumes Phillips was designing for "Winter's Tale" at the Globe Theatre in London. Phillips writes, "For Autolycus I had supervised the making of a large patchwork cloak and was fascinated to see how humdrum pieces of the cloths of the world rather than of heaven when juxtaposed sang out as rich and rare. Some of the 'dye and drab' of the cloak of Autolycus started off this present piece." The text is from a poem by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats titled "He wishes for the cloths of heaven." The poem reads, "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, - Enwrought with the golden and silver light, - The blue and the dim and the dark cloths - Of night and light and half-light, - I would spread the cloths under your feet - But I, being poor, have only my dreams; - I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; - Tread softly because you tread on my dreams..." The letters of the poem are...
Dates: 1997

Had I the Heavens' Embroidered Cloths / Tom Phillips; Alice Wood., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-39049-40987
Scope and Contents Tom Phillips, with the assistance of Alice Wood, created this quilt from fragments of fabric from costumes Phillips was designing for "Winter's Tale" at the Globe Theatre in London. Phillips writes, "For Autolycus I had supervised the making of a large patchwork cloak and was fascinated to see how humdrum pieces of the cloths of the world rather than of heaven when juxtaposed sang out as rich and rare. Some of the 'dye and drab' of the cloak of Autolycus started off this present piece." The text is from a poem by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats titled "He wishes for the cloths of heaven." The poem reads, "Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, - Enwrought with the golden and silver light, - The blue and the dim and the dark cloths - Of night and light and half-light, - I would spread the cloths under your feet - But I, being poor, have only my dreams; - I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; - Tread softly because you tread on my dreams..." The letters of the poem are...
Dates: 1997

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