Re: [lace] Lace: Re Bayeux Tapestry

2011-09-10 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello karen and All, sorry answering so late. I was away for a seminar till yesterday. In my wonderful and book about this tapestry are very specific explanations for your questionsThe point where it was done they wrote that still since the beginning of 20th century the discussion if it was

[lace] Lace: Re Bayeux Tapestry

2011-09-03 Thread Karen Thompson
As Jean points out the Bayeux tapestry is a very large piece of embroidery. However the Smithsonian Museum has a needle lace verson of the Bayeux tapestry. Fairly coarse Venietian style needle lace depicting most of the scenes from the original tapestry on a 30 foot long banquet cloth. Any