'Secret squirrel' painstakingly restored on 17th century tapestry | Clacton and Frinton Gazette

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Press Association 2021
Detail of the lost red squirrel recreated in the border of the tapestry (Barry Batchelor/National Trust/PA)
A “secret squirrel” has been painstakingly restored on a rare 17th century Flemish tapestry.
The red squirrel was originally woven with wool and silk and hidden in the foliage of the large Enghien tapestry.
The tapestry is one of two that resides at the National Trust’s Dyrham Park estate, near Bath.
Conservation stitching under way at the National Trust’s Textile Conservation Studio in Norfolk (Jane Smith/National Trust/PA)
The red squirrel has been restored as part of £140,000 of specialist cleaning and repair work to the two tapestries.

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