Tapestries & Wall Hangings

A motif from the Marian Needlework at Oxburgh Hall showing 'A Lion of the Sea'

The head of a bird against a blue & white striped background as part of a motif from the Marian Needlework at Oxburgh Hall

A motif from the Marian Needlework at Oxburgh Hall showing a spider in its web in the centre with others in side sections

A motif depicting two frogs from the Marian Needlework at Oxburgh Hall

Settee back embroidered in gros and petit point, c.1722, from Chicheley Hall in Buckinghamshire, now in the Parlour at Montacute House, Somerset. The settee has a parcel gilt walnut frame and the embroidery features mythological figures.

An example of stumpwork displayed in the Green Room

A close-up of stumpwork in the Green Room

Close-up of stumpwork in the Green Room

Close view of part of an Axminster carpet in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), in Mr. Lewes' Dressing Room.

View of a small embroidered cushion cover at hardwick

Close view of part of a tapestry with rabbits, birds and a village landscape, recently conserved, on the stairway on the Upper Landing at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire

One ot the Ulysses Tapestries from Brussels (late C16th)

Close-up of a tapestry in the Cut-Velvet Bedroom

Detail from one of the Ulysses tapestries made in Brussels (late C!6th), hanging in the High Great Chamber

View of a c17th blue silk damask valance, once from Christian Bruce's bed, but now in the Passage by Mary, Queen of Scot's Room, Hardwick

The Drawing Room, Hardwick

The Paved Room, Hardwick

The Paved Room, Hardwick

The Paved Room, Hardwick

The Drawing Room, Hardwick

The Paved Room, Hardwick

The Paved Room, Hardwick

The Drawing Room Passage, Hardwick

The Entrance Hall, Hardwick