The "Paleys on Pilers" (Palace on pillars) marks the location of the historic Aldgate, where Geoffrey Chaucer lived, London, UK.

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Inscription: "Paleys on Pilers. This Paleys on Pilers (palace on pillars) marks the location of the historic Aldgate - where Geoffrey Chaucer lived from 1374-1386 when he was working as Controller of Customs. The gate - one of seven gates - stood here at Aldgate from the Roman Period until 1761. The design of the temporary installation, by Studio Weave, is inspired by the two dream poems written by Chaucer while resident in the rooms above the gate. The House of Fane and The Parliament of Fowls both include images of fantastic dream-like temples of impossible materials and scale, elevated on precarious, precious structures above vast bizarre landscapes conceivable as analogies for the City. Paleys upon Pilers is an abstraction of the upper room of the old gate and an invocation of Chaucer's dreamed temples."

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Size: 2415px × 3624px
Location: Aldgate, London, UK.
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aldgate, art, artwork, chaucer, gate, geoffrey, london, paleys, pilers, sculpture, studio, uk, weave