London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is to exhibit ‘surviving examples of exquisite craftsmanship’ in English Medieval embroidery, encompassing gold, silver and pearl work fit for, and indeed used by, a ...

Metal hasn’t had much of a role in the male wardrobe since we ditched suits of armor, but it persists through the art of bullion wire embroidery. This fine technique, which originated in Medieval ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, the medieval embroidery depicting the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066, may have been ...

LONDON - It is probably the most famous piece of medieval embroidery in the world, a ribbon of scrolling tapestry 70 yards long that tells in pictures the story of the Norman Conquest of England in ...

Bayou's tapestry is said to have been made in the second half of the 11th century, which has not been so long since Norman Conquest occurred. The bayeux tapestry that has been kept for a long time in ...

“English medieval embroidery might seem an odd subject for a book, but this is no ordinary volume. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the V&A (which runs until 5 February 2017), it is not ...

Pragya Agarwal received funding from Society of Authors for this research and writing of Hysterical. Medieval Europe was a place of great emotional incontinence. So much so that historian Johan ...

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PanARMENIAN.Net - Masterpieces of English medieval embroidery from the V&A’s world-class collections are reunited with works returning to England for the first time since they were created 700 years ...

Crimson velvet and glittering gold make the heart beat faster, and the V&A’s new show of 100 works of priceless medieval embroidery does just that. Swirling ecclesiastic copes smothered in beautifully ...

Medieval Europe was a place of great emotional incontinence. So much so that historian Johan Huizinga claimed: “Modern man has no idea of the unrestrained extravagance of the medieval heart.” Crying ...