Bayeux tapestries

Bayeux tapestry wall hangings are perfect for improving your home decor. Tapestrycatalogue.com offers an extensive collection of Bayeux tapestries and medieval tapestries. They are manufactured in Europe on jacquard machines and then hand finished. These medieval arts- 11th century historical masterpieces, such as Mathilde, Battle of Hastings, William the conqueror and Duke of Normandy, are still available today as reproduction tapestries.

The Bayeux tapestry is a form of embroidery which is roughly 20”tall and 230 ft long. It narrates the story of the events leading unto and including the battle of Hastings on October 14th, 1066. The images of the war have been reproduced in these tapestries. Bayeux tapestries have preserved the glory of the Norman Conquest of England and the drama of Harold of Wessex and Duke William of Normandy for over 900 years.

Usually attributed to William's wife Matilda, the Bayeux tapestry in fact was more likely commissioned by William's half-brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux (also Earl of Kent), for display in the Bayeux Cathedral, which was consecrated just eleven years after Hastings. The 231-foot-long tapestry is a Norman document, but the style of the figures sewn in colored wools leads some scholars to believe that Englishmen from Canterbury actually stitched the Bayeux tapestry.

The Bayeux tapestry wall hangings were first mentioned in a 1476 inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral. In 1792, French revolutionaries used this historical tapestry as a wagon cover until a local lawyer rescued it. Scholars believe two missing panels at the end may have portrayed William on the throne of England.

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