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The Last Invasion Tapestry

The Last Invasion Tapestry records the French attack on Fishguard, Wales in February 1797. Source.

Swanskin Mittens

Swanskin was a coarse white cloth produced in Dorset in the 19th century and used for clothing for agricultural and seafaring work. The heavy cloth was manufactured in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. There are no known examples left in Dorset, according to the Sturminster Newton Heritage Trust. However, this pair of duck-hunting mitts made of swanskin turned up in Change Islands, Newfoundland, a place where people from Dorset had settled, and where swanskin was known and imported. Source.

Knitting in the Great Tapestry of Scotland

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Arimatsu

Arimatsu Tie-dyed Cloth at the Takeya Sahei Storefront by Utagawa Hiroshige. Source.

Tapisserie Tolkien

In 2020 la Cité internationale de la tapisserie Aubusson hosted an exhibition of tapestries based on the art of JRR Tolkien. Source.

Sancho Departs for the Island of Barataria

Detail of a tapestry Sancho Departs for the Island of Barataria, from the workshop of Peter van den Hecke. Source.

Burnt Njal Tapestry

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Tumgluttons

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Bojagi

This Korean jacket is made from bojagi cloth, a traditional patchwork style. Source.

Tsugaru Sashiko

Aomori Prefecture combines territories once controlled by the Tsugaru and Nambu domains. A difference between the two areas is the way they embroidered kimono: Tsugaru is monochrome, Nambu is coloured. Read more about it here.