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Tapestries at Stirling included eight pieces of the Judgement of Paris, four pieces of the Hunt of the Unicorn, four or five pieces of Roboam, five pieces of the "Triumph of Verity", four pieces of the Count of Ravenna, four pieces of the History of Aeneas, a piece of the Story of Tobit, and a hanging with the arms of the Dukes of Longueville ...
The tapestries depicted characters from the story of Troy but in fifteenth-century European dress and the artist John Carter (1748-1817) observed in 1799 that "there is hardly one mark of the Roman or Grecian manners, and but for the name of the several characters engaged in the history written on their dresses, we might conclude the representation related to some eventful period of our own ...
The original plan was for a tapestry consisting of 150–160 panels, each measuring 500mm x 500mm in size. [2] Research was conducted across the globe by Gillian Hart and Yvonne Murphy; panel were then designed and drawn by artist Andrew Crummy, who had previously designed and drawn the 104 metre Prestonpans Tapestry and the Great Tapestry of Scotland. [3]
The Story of Abraham is a set of ten Brussels tapestries depicting stories from the life of the biblical prophet Abraham. They appear to have been designed by Bernaert van Orley initially, but completed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst around 1537, both artists who were leading designers for the Brussels workshops.
The history of the three 16th-century maps is more complicated. They were not identifiably listed in the sale catalogue of 1781; probably already damaged, the tapestries of Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire were acquired by different owners by unknown means.
The Adoration of the Magi, copy woven 1894 for the Corporation of Manchester. The Adoration of the Magi is a Morris & Co. tapestry depicting the story in Christianity of the Three Kings who were guided to the birthplace of Jesus by the star of Bethlehem.
The tapestry itself tells the story of Scotland's history, heritage and culture – from the country's land formation millions of years BC right to 2013 when the last panel was complete. In addition to housing the tapestry itself, the new visitor centre is home to a café, shop, a workshop space and a gallery for additional visiting exhibits.
The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382.It depicts the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by Saint John the Divine in colourful images, spread over six tapestries that originally totalled 90 scenes, and were about six metres high, and 140 metres long in total.