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The Cloth of Saint Gereon – early 11th-century, the oldest European tapestry still extant. Tapestry of Creation, 11th-century, Spain. Large needlework hanging with religious scenes; The Överhogdal tapestries - Viking hangings of 1040 to 1170.
The Franses Tapestry Archive and Library in London is devoted to the study of European tapestries and figurative textiles. [1] It is the world’s largest academic research resource on the subject. [ 2 ] [ 1 ]
A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Bishop Odo rallying Duke William's army during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Bayeux Tapestry [a] is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 feet) long and 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall [1] that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England ...
The Baldishol Tapestry is one of the oldest known surviving tapestries in Norway, and among the oldest in Europe. It is believed to have been produced between 1040 and 1190. It was discovered in Norway in 1879. It is part of the collection of the National Museum in Oslo. Tapestries of this type were popular in Norway from the Saga Age up until ...
The Tapestry of Creation or Girona Tapestry is a Romanesque panel of needlework from the 11th century, housed in the Museum of the Cathedral of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. [1] Measuring 3.65 m × 4.70 m (12.0 ft × 15.4 ft) of wool and linen, contemporary scholars are still debating its patronage and intended function in the Church.
The tapestries were very probably woven in Brussels, [10] which was an important center of the tapestry industry in medieval Europe. [11] An example of the remarkable work of the Brussels looms, the tapestries' mixture of silk and metallic thread with wool gave them a fine quality and brilliant color. [12]
The first tapestries were brought by Queen Bona Sforza as her wedding dowry. [6] Then in 1526 and 1533, Sigismund I the Old ordered 108 fabrics in Antwerp and Bruges. [6] Most of the tapestries, however, were commissioned by king Sigismund II Augustus in Brussels [3] in the workshops of Willem and Jan de Kempeneer, Jan van Tieghem [7] and Nicolas Leyniers between 1550-1565. [8]
The first work in the series "Conquest of Tunis." This piece, known as "The Map of the Mediterranean Basin", includes the first depiction of a tornado in European media. Pannemaker was born circa 1510 in Brussels. His father Pieter was head and most famous member of the Pannemaker family tapestry workshop. [2]