Scientists from the University of Manchester have turned back the clock 500 years - to reveal the original splendour of a faded 16th century tapestry. Professor Chris Carr, Dr. Huw Owens and Ruth ...

In the 16th century, this impressive edifice was given a Renaissance look and served as the seat of Poland’s king Zygmunt August (1520-1572). In order to decorate the interiors of his residence the ...

A tapestry workshop that had a popular set of designs, which they could weave and sell several times, was assured of financial success. Many of the busiest companies employed professional artists to ...

including a fragment of early sixteenth century tapestry, have lately been presented to the Museum. Among the recent additions to the paintings of the Museum, are four Italian paintings presented ...

Arrayed on the four walls are seven monumental 16th-century tapestries—each about 28 feet long and 14 feet high—depicting the 1525 battle in northern Italy between the armies of Francis I of ...

The seven enormous panels, each about 27 by 14 feet, are displayed alongside impressive examples of 16th-century arms and armor. The Battle of Pavia tapestries commemorate Holy Roman Emperor ...

Millionaire Jonathan Ruffer is backing a fundraising campaign to try and buy the almost 500-year-old tapestry A philanthropist is campaigning to get a 16th Century tapestry which went missing for ...