Honor Powrie celebrates the optical techniques that have digitized, restored and protected the Bayeux Tapestry ...
French art experts insisted the fragile 900-year-old masterpiece could never travel. Political will, cutting-edge engineering and unorthodox diplomacy proved them wrong.
Weaving teacher Mezoff surveys contemporary tapestry techniques in her beautiful and expansive debut. Mezoff reminds readers that “there are many combinations of tools and materials you can use to ...
No longer deemed dated, tapestries are having a real moment in contemporary interiors. With their sense of history, depth of colour and tactility, tapestries feel warmer and more intimate than framed ...
DETROIT — The word “tapestry” conjures Medieval constructions in dark, simple palettes, conveying religious rites and hunting motifs — but modern practitioners like Ebony G. Patterson have ...
Jean Lurçat, French tapestry artist, has a recurring dream. He is in Paris, walking across the Place de la Concorde toward the Hotel Crillon. Suddenly, the grey old Crillon is transformed before his ...