The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs ...

The number of quill pens that were produced in the early 19th century were astounding. Germany used 50 million quill pens per year. In 1832, England was importing 36.6 million quills from abroad ...

Taylor describes her Quill songs as if her "lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother. Picture: Getty Taylor Swift's 'Fountain pen' songs ...

I started writing with a quill pen as part of the research for my new book, ... It wasn’t the only option, though. Swan quills, which are thicker, came in handy when writing big, bold letters.

Quill pens were generally made from the five outer feathers of a goose or swan’s wing. The end of the feather was shaped to a point, ... Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, ...

A “quill song,” she explained, is “if my lyrics sound like a letter written by Emily Dickinson’s great grandmother while sewing a lace curtain” — and she quoted a snippet from “Ivy ...