Books On Medieval Tapestry and Wall Hangings

Books On Medieval Tapestry and Wall Hangings

• Medieval Tapestry Design
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-Dolores M. Andrew / Paperback 48 Pages / Published October 1994
This book presents drawings of knights and courtiers, real and mythological animals, castles and parterres, flowers and trees, pennants and crests, as well as columns and border designs.
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• Flemish Tapestry
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-Guy Delmarcel / Hardcover 382 Pages / Published March 2000
This reference volume is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of Flemish tapestry history, spanning the 15th century to shortly before the French Revolution. covers every aspect of the design and production of these treasures. The wealth of illustrations includes famous and never-before-published tapestries and many close-up details, as well as a number of complete sets of tapestry panels. This is a researched reference work that will be of enormous value to tapestry collectors, dealers, and scholars, as well as serious researchers and collectors, this beautiful volume will also provide hours upon hours of browsing pleasure for art lovers.
A glossary of manufacturers and marks includes important town marks and workshops. Includes 300 illustrations, with 200 in full color.
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• Medieval Life and Leisure in The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
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-Linda Woolley / Hardcover 128 Pages / Published October 2002
This excellent book details the four magnificent medieval tapestries known as the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries and are the only great fifteenth-century hunting tapestries to survive the ravages of time. All four tapestries are illustrated in full on lavish fold-out pages, and together with an illuminating text they offer us a fascinating window onto the vanished world of the Late Middle Ages. Together they provide a vivid picture of the hunt in all its forms, including falconry, hunting for otter, boar, bear and deer, and the robbing of a swan's nest for its eggs. They also depict a lost chivalric world in rich and fascinating details of the fashions and customs of the time. Plus information on medieval tapestry production and methods of hunting rounds out the book.
Recommended for academic libraries, museum libraries, or larger public libraries.
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• Tapestry
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-Barty Phillips / Paperback 240 pages / Published March 2000
This excellent book charts the history of making tapestries from some of the oldest cultures to the present day. The world's most beautiful tapestries from some of the oldest cultures to the present day are displayed in this colorful history of the unique and precious form of expression through textile. Using a lively well written text, many illustrations, and color photographs, the author reveals the texture, vivid color and beauty of tapestry. Covers the medieval European tapestry tradition, as well as tribal weaving such as ancient Peruvian work, the ubiquitous kilim, the Indian dhurrie and Navaho rugs.
A resource guide contains advice on buying and caring for tapestries and a listing of tapestry collections. This book also features practical advice on where to see tapestry, tips on buying, where to buy old and new work, and how to commission new pieces. Presents indispensable guidelines on the maintenance and repair of your valuable pieces of tapestry. Above all, this magnificent book is a showcase for works of art that glow with vibrant color and intricate design, that present history and heritage, and give constant delight.
Includes 200 color and 60 black-and-white plates.
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• The Bayeux Tapestry
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-David M. Wilson / Hardcover 234 pages / Published March 2004
This book offers a fine portrayal of this 1000-year-old artifact, The Bayeux Tapestry. This Tapestry relates the invasion of England by William of Normandy and his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This truly major monument of medieval art and history, is an embroidered linen panel 70 meters (230 feet) long which retells the story of conflict between Saxons and Normans, portraying the events of the Norman conquest of England, and culminates in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
In a series of vivid scenes, with a running explanatory text in Latin, The Tapestry is reproduced in full color, with captions on a fold-out page for easy reference. This second reproduction of the Tapestry in black and white has a detailed accompanying commentary providing an up-to-date summary of the historical evidence, explaining each episode and covers related topics such as the costumes, armor, ships, buildings and customs.
As a social document the Tapestry is of incalculable value, this nearly a thousand years old linen wall hanging reveals vivid details of daily life, of food and furniture, ships and armor in medieval times. The fragile Bayeux Tapestry is housed in a museum in Normandy, France.
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• Tapestry Weaving: A Comprehensive Study Guide
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-Nancy Ashbrook Harvey, Nancy Harvey / Paperback 208 pages / Published May 1991
This excellent how-to tutorial on handweaving covers different types of looms. Learn tapestry weaving from start to finish with this thorough guidebook with photographs. Covers how to weave tapestries, and create shapes of color within a tapestry with step by step instruction on getting started at weaving. Covers how to make a frame loom, selection of warp and various weft techniques, and design options for tapestries.
It is ideal for beginners, with many detailed, close-up drawings showing how the weft yarns have to be placed around the warp yarns in order to create shapes and patterns. For anyone who wants to try out weaving without investing in an expensive loom, the book provides instruction for a simple frame loom, as well as projects to weave on it. Many hints throughout the book help readers improve their technique and understanding of the weaving process.
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• The Art of Manipulating Fabric
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-Colette Wolff / Paperback 311 pages / Published October 1996
This comprehensive volume is an encyclopedia of techniques to resurface, reshape, restructure, and reconstruct fabric. More than 350 diagrams will show you how to begin with the simplest flat piece of cloth and progress to a beautiful finished tapestry.
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• Celtic, Medieval and Tudor Wall Hangings in 1/12 Needlepoint
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-Sandra Whitehead / Paperback 128 pages / Published March 2001
The Guild of Master Craftsman Publications has produced an excellent source of stitch projects. These wonderful projects are inspired by centuries of tapestry design.These dramatic wall hangings are based on and taken from real sources that feature jousting knights, minstrels, hunting scenes, monks, Celtic birds and knots, an Elizabethan panel, and Tudor gardens and florals. All have been carefully simplified to fit the canvas in 16, 22, and 24 count. They make ideal dollhouse decorations, and also superb pictures for framing or other inventive displays. With color charts and photographs, helpful hints, thread keys, and sewing tips.
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