On Tapestry
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A short article by Lotus Stack, curator in the Textile Department of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, on how medieval to pre-industrial European tapestries were produced. It covers the supply of wool, silk and metallic yarns, spinning, dyeing regulations, guild training and apprenticeship, task-based pay, and commissioned versus ready-made tapestries. It ends with a note on how mille-fleurs tapestries were assembled from small design elements, illustrated by a French tapestry of about 1520 in the museum's collection.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1982
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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