It has taken experts nearly 750 hours to repair, strengthen and bring out the vivid colours of the 17th century tapestry which depicts the coronation of Roman E
Published : 27 May 2021
The National Trust’s longest running conservation project takes an important step forward with a carefully conserved tapestry from a 440-year-old set being brought back to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire.
It is the 12th tapestry of the set of 13 to be conserved and returned to Hardwick Hall, after several years in the care of specialist textile conservators.
The work on the tapestries is the Trust’s largest textile conservation project, having started in 2001, and will not be completed until 2023.
As the penultimate one returns to Hardwick from its conservation treatment, the final tapestry has begun its journey to the Trust’s specialist Textile Conservation Studio in Norfolk, for a process expected to take 24 months.
Dyrham Park: Once-lost squirrel to National Trust tapestries
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image captionProperty curator Eilidh Auckland said it was wonderful to see the tapestries back to their former glory
A once-lost red squirrel has been restored to a country house s rare 17th Century tapestries as part of a National Trust restoration project.
The Enghien tapestries were cut to fit space at Dyrham Park, near Bath, before the charity took over running it.
Research of the wool weft and similar tapestries revealed the missing rodent.
Property curator Eilidh Auckland said it was wonderful to see them back to their former glory and with the added bonus of a new squirrel .