Dyeing yarns and fabrics for the tapestries
1st December 2014
When the tapestries were made nearly 400 years ago, all the wools and silk yarns used to weave them would have been dyed with natural
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When the tapestries were made nearly 400 years ago, all the wools and silk yarns used to weave them would have been dyed with natural
We think it’s about time we explained the conservation stitches that are typically used in tapestry conservation and the stitching we carry out day to
At the start of September, the team travelled to Mechelen in Belgium to join the tapestries from the Yellow bedroom of Doddington Hall at The
July saw the tapestry team back at Doddington Hall, this time to look at the rest of the tapestries from the Holly bedroom that were
In mid-June, the tapestry team were involved in de-installing a series of tapestries, dating from the mid-1600, in the Yellow Bedroom, at Doddington Hall. These
In the nearly 400 years the Doddington tapestries have been in existence they have sustained a number of different types of damage. Here are some
We are 3 months into the project and are well underway, with 8 of our 20cm sections down on the bagpiper player and dancing dog
Bank holiday visits to see the conservation of the Doddington Hall tapestries. Image 1. Alice and Sophie at work on the ‘Bagpiper and Dancing
Here are some images of two of the tapestries we are working on. Image 1, is the ‘Bagpiper with his Dancing Dog’. We think the
On our first morning at the Heritage Skills Centre we arrived full of excitement to an empty space that would soon be transformed into
