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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few English medieval works of art grip the imagination quite like the ferocious and racy Bayeux Tapestry, the embroidered epic of the Norman Conquest. So many storytelling and aesthetic words come ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

IMAGINE a world haunted by demons who can control your actions. Imagine a world where you could be accused of witchcraft for speaking out against the hypocrisy of religious leaders. Imagine it is ...

From the strange set-pieces of Bedwyr Williams to a festival of the city’s emerging art scene, via luxurious Medieval needlework<br> <br> Hannah McGivern, José da Silva and Pac Pobric ...