History

History A markup of our richest past Old as the hills… The history of tapestries goes back many centuries ago. Indeed, since Antiquity, the technique of tapestries was known in the Orient. Loom were then made of few pieces of wood, but man endeavoured to mingle warps thread with colored weft threads, in order to […]

La Dame à la Licorne – the Lady and the unicorn

A mon seul Désir

The Lady Unicorn Tapestry is a six-piece constitution from the early 16th century. This great tapestry is a masterpiece dating from the beginning of the French Renaissance. It is visible at the National Museum of the Middle Ages at the Cluny Hotel in Paris. This composition of six hangings is inspired by a German legend. […]

Bayeux tapestry, the tapestry of queen Mathilde

Tapisserie de Bayeux - départ de la flotte

The story of the Bayeux tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry represents one of the most famous tapestries of the Art of Tapestry. Also called the “tapestry of the Queen Mathilde”, the tapestry of Bayeux was certainly commissioned in the eleventh century by the half-brother of William the Conqueror in embroidery. Originally, this long tapestry was intended […]

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