There are no plans for the Bayeux Tapestry to visit England at any time in the foreseeable future.
However, a full-size replica of it was made by the wife of textile manufacturer Thomas Wardle in collaboration with William Morris, which was completed in 1886 and is currently in the Museum of Reading in Berkshire.
Tapestries were often known by the name of their city or factory of origin. In Hamlet, Polonius hides (and is stabbed) behind the Arras; Arras is a town in northern France famous for tapestry production. Similarly, one might speak of a fine Gobelins, if the tapestry was made at the Royal (now State) factory in Paris. Notes: 1: Polonius could hide behind the Arras because tapestries were hung about a foot from the wall, to keep them out of the rising damp. 2: Note that tapestry is woven, not stitched. Other decorative fabrics, such as petit point or Berlin work, are sometimes mistakenly referred to as tapestry.
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The Bayeux Tapestry is actually an embroidery, and it was not made in Bayeux but in England.
The Bayeux Tapestry
Events depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry are the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, including the Battle of Hastings. The Tapestry is not actually a tapestry; it is 70 meters long.
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The battle of Hastings is portrayed on the Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is preserved and displayed in Bayeux, in Normandy, France. Nothing is known for certain about the tapestry's origins. The first written record of the Bayeux Tapestry is in 1476 when it was recorded in the cathedral treasury at Bayeux as "a very long and narrow hanging on which are embroidered figures and inscriptions comprising a representation of the conquest of England". The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror. It is over 70 metres long and although it is called a tapestry it is in fact an embroidery, stitched not woven in woollen yarns on linen. Some historians argue that it was embroidered in Kent, England. The original tapestry is on display at Bayeux in Normandy, France. So it seems the jury's out on that one.
The Bayeux Tapestry, in actuality is not a tapestry at all, but rather an embroidered piece of cloth. It is approximately 250 feet in length and depicts events that led up to the Norman conquest of England.
The original can be seen in the Bayeux Tapestry museum in the French town of Bayeux.
What is the relevance of the bayeux tapestry today ?
The Bayeux Tapestry was woven to show what the Normans thought of their conquest of England. It was a Norman view so may not be entirely correct. It was also used as propaganda.
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