Setting up the conservation studio for the Doddington Hall tapestries at the Lincoln Heritage Skills Centre
7th March 2014
On our first morning at the Heritage Skills Centre we arrived full of excitement to an empty space that
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On our first morning at the Heritage Skills Centre we arrived full of excitement to an empty space that
Read MoreHere are some images of two of the tapestries we are working on. Image 1, is the ‘Bagpiper with his
Read MoreBank holiday visits to see the conservation of the Doddington Hall tapestries. Image 1. Alice and Sophie at work
Read MoreWe are 3 months into the project and are well underway, with 8 of our 20cm sections down on the
Read MoreIn the nearly 400 years the Doddington tapestries have been in existence they have sustained a number of different types
Read MoreIn mid-June, the tapestry team were involved in de-installing a series of tapestries, dating from the mid-1600, in the Yellow
Read MoreJuly saw the tapestry team back at Doddington Hall, this time to look at the rest of the tapestries from
Read MoreAt the start of September, the team travelled to Mechelen in Belgium to join the tapestries from the Yellow bedroom
Read MoreWe think it’s about time we explained the conservation stitches that are typically used in tapestry conservation and the stitching
Read MoreWhen the tapestries were made nearly 400 years ago, all the wools and silk yarns used to weave them would
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