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 ...

Medieval embroidery is incredibly detailed. In this video from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, we watch firsthand as contemporary embroiderer Rosie Taylor-Davies recreates the amazing Middle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In our time, embroidery has sunk to the level of a minor art. At one end of the spectrum there’s decorative embellishment for mega-couturiers such as Christian Lacroix, at the other there’s therapy ...

Simon Tolkien writes a book on the First World War drawing from his grandfather’s experiences. The Victorian influence on African-American writers. American cities have apparently reached “peak ...

(The Conversation) — Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood. Women are not, however ...