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Reading's Bayeux Tapestry (Paperback)
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Reading's Bayeux Tapestry (Paperback)
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Loot Price R421
Discovery Miles 4 210
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Embroidered in 1885-1886, Reading's version of the famous Bayeux
Tapestry is a faithful, full-length replica of the original except
in a few beguiling details. True to the principles of the Arts and
Crafts movement, its Victorian makers in the Leek Embroidery
Society, matched their materials, colours and techniques to those
of the eleventh century nuns thought to have created the original.
The result is an extraordinarily vibrant reproduction, important in
its own right and on permanent display in a purpose-built gallery
in Reading Museum. Scene-by-scene, read through the story of the
succession to the English throne by first Harold and then William
the Conqueror. Find out why the Duke of Normandy had a claim to be
King of England and what the original purpose of the tapestry may
have been. Discover how Victorian society's values affected the
replica and how it came to reside in Reading, so fittingly close to
the ruins of the Abbey built by William's youngest son, Henry I.
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