Slow projects. Next time you think it's a long project.....

[Lynn K.]

This is a fascinating look at restoration of a 1500 tapestry at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's woven at 15-18 warps per inch. Beautiful!

http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/vi...n-conservation

Lynn

[Terry K.]

Wow, Lynn, that was an amazing restoration!

[Rita C.]

Lynn, thank you so much for posting this. What an incredible job they did and such dedication, beautiful.

[Margo C.]

And we whine about hand sewing the binding on a quilt! :roll:

[Nancy R.]

Certainly puts my UFOs in perspective! I definitely don't have the skill or patience to do what they do!

Brings to mind Margo's quilt restorations, but on a much larger scale. :wink:

Nancy

[Margo C.]

Brings to mind Margo's quilt restorations, but on a much larger scale. :wink:

Nancy

:shock: Not even CLOSE! :roll:

[Renata L.]

The restoration is amazing, born of dedication, skill and painstaking attention to every detail. It is an stupendous tapestry. Thank you, Lynn, for posting it!

[Renata L.]

And to think that I moaned about darning for 3-4 months when I was at the RSN - mind you it was darning plain linen and a lot more boring than a tapestry. I also got to work on a Blenheim tapestry in my time there, but it was quite young - only 200 yrs old :wink: and not in anything like as bad shape at that one. I know what the lady meant when she remarked about not seeing the whole thing at once, you usually only see about 12"- 18" at a time, so to see the whole piece is a great treat.

[Susan B.]

Wow. I'm reminded of Lois Lowry's last book in the Giver series called Gathering Blue. An awesome read (or listen), but that's a digression. This gave me a respect for tapestry in general that I never had, as well as a sense that I should quit whining and stick with a project to the end. Thanks for this. This might have to be a road trip to see this. Wouldn't it be neat to see it at Christmas?

[Susan B.]

Rosemary, what is the RSN?

[E.M. T.]

What a wonder !! Lifes' work for those folks ! Then and now .... just think of those weavers....and did they say a series
of 10 ? :!: :!: :!:

[Margo C.]

Rosemary, what is the RSN?

http://www.royal-needlework.org.uk/

[Jo H.]

I'm speechless and am in awe of the love and magnificent attention to every detail that was taken. Although, I was most impressed with her comment that she had only seen the whole tapestry four times. Can you imagine spending decades working on such small areas when compared to the size of the whole tapestry. There are not enough adjectives to do justice to the work they did.

[Jo H.]

Well, I agree, there are not enough or enough adequate adjectives to describe this tapestry and the process described in the video. Thanks for posting this.

[Norma H.]

I agree with all the other comments. Thanks so much for sharing