2 days ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
‘From the Vault: Collecting Tapestries at the Worcester Art Museum' Review: Woven Worlds
Worcester, Mass.
Sumptuous, large, heavy and used in centuries past to warm the walls of Europe's great stone castles and cathedrals, tapestries conjure a long-ago world. They tell expansive tales of courtly life, love, war, myth and more in copious details and rich colors. But these once-hardy specimens, made to last many lifetimes, are sensitive to light, temperature and gravity. Often very fragile, they need to rest, lest their condition worsen. Plus, they demand enormous spaces. They spend a lot of time rolled up in storage.
