Wood of course is another very tactile substance. This fellow in the V&A's newly opened
medieval and renaissance galleries comes with a warning -

But elsewhere are many invitations to touch, whether it be turning the pages of a book or feeling the surface of a medal -

a mitten gauntlet -

or feeling the subtle difference between porphyry and serpentine -
1 comment:
fabulous! what did it feel like??
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