Medici Tapestry

In a heart beat

Heck ya! Thanks Lucille so much for sharing that article! Julie

Count me in!

I have always been in awe of these massive tapestries. The work that went into creating then in the first place is just staggering.

Caryn

There is only one little problem with this lovely desciption

At the time this tapestry was woven ,,, it would have be 4 men ...... Thank You lucille for this wonderful information . mirjam

a rare Medici tapestry with a papal lineage

Thank you for posting this; I read it totally through and fascinated ! barbara in williamsburg

WOW!!!

A once-in-a-lifetime chance to work on something like this????? You betcha!!!

I wonder how they chose the people who did work on it?

Joan

Me! Me! (Jumping up and down waving my hand)

In Mechlen , Belgium , The Royal Manufacturers DE WIT, are collecting back and restoring their tapesteries of 5 centuries. They have a workshop which isn`t open to all , The factory /Gallery is open to the public only one day a week. And the Repairing room is visited so that you can`t see too much, you get an Over look of the room, you are kept far enoughso you can seenames or tags of any thing They don`t accept `anyone ` to work on restoration. De wit is situtaed in the Tongrelo Abbey refuge. mirjam

The 4 women referred to in the original description were the four stitchers who are restoring the tapestry. But there is no reason a Renaissance tapestry would not have depicted women--and if you check the link given, this one did. Dawne

I didn`t say it depicted men i said most weavers were men at te time. mirjam

Sorry Mirjam---I must have been reading in the fog this morning!! Dawne

It is Ok Dawne , we all need some Coffee Glasses in the morning, at times How is the weather on your side ? here we start to have Cold days , mirjam . rote:

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This morning we had (I love to use this word) a skiff of snow. (Not a small rowboat, but just those whispy bits that cling to the edges of lawns and even roads). Dawne

I still have roses and clematis coming out! It`s crazy in November. I was out in pants and tee-shirt yesterday, but you have to change into something a bit warmer for the evening. I get fed up with having to change clothes every few hours to suit the temperature at the time!

I did hear that someone had discovered SNOWDROPS in flower somewhere not far from here!

Pat P

We have crepe myrtles and tulip trees blooming again here in Louisiana. It gets chilly, then it gets warm, and repeats the cycle -- more this year than in the past, it seems. Today it was 82 degrees.

-- Jere

I was out in shorts today and felt a little on the warm side. It is still in the mid-60s even though it is about two hours after sunset. I can remember years when the snow would be flying by now.