The world remains a rich tapestry.

Well, I became a tapestry historian.

Tapestries effectively provided a vast canvas on which the patrons of the day could depict the heroes with whom they wanted to be associated, or even themselves, and in addition to that, tapestries were hugely expensive.

It wasn't straightforward. It's no longer a question of chucking a tapestry in the back of a car.

The exhibition was designed to be an experience, and tapestries are hard to reproduce in photographs.

Tapestries were portable. You could roll them up, send them ahead of you, and in the time it took to hang them up, you could transform a cold, dank interior into a richly colored setting.

But in reality, in the course of the coming weeks and months, hundreds of thousands of people came to see the show.

Tapestries were ubiquitous between the Middle Ages and, really, well into the 18th century, and it was pretty apparent why.

So, all in all, in an age when the visual image of any kind was rare, tapestries were an incredibly potent form of propaganda.

But it brought it alive to them. I think they suddenly saw that these weren't just old faded tapestries.

He would takes the fruits of each week's reading and he would weave these intricate tapestries of ancient and humanist thought.

But as I began to read historical documents and contemporary descriptions, I found there was a kind of a missing component, for everywhere I came across descriptions of tapestries.

Carpet

Take the magic carpet for a ride.

Do you have a woollen blanket?

We thought very hard about how to present this unknown subject to a modern audience the dark colors to set off the colors that remained in objects that were often faded the placing of lights to bring out the silk and the gold thread the labeling.

You can tickle the rug.

You can tickle the rug.

The dog was sleeping on the mat.

The dog fell asleep on top of the blanket.

And rich carpets spread.

And rich carpets spread.

And linen spread out.

And linen spread out.

and carpets outspread.

and carpets outspread.

And carpets ready spread,

And carpets ready spread,

and rich carpets levelled out.

and rich carpets levelled out.

And silken carpets spread.

And silken carpets spread.

and carpets spread out.

and carpets spread out.

and outspread carpets.

and outspread carpets.

And carpets spread around.

And carpets spread around.

and well spread carpets.

and well spread carpets.

And carpets spread out.

And carpets spread out.

And rich carpets (all) spread out.

And rich carpets (all) spread out.

I don't want to buy this carpet.