Plenty of Nothing

John Morton's Vestments

John Morton was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1486 to 1500. His vestments include a rebus of the name Morton: the letters MOR above a tun (barrel) of wine. This rebus can also be seen in the masonry of Catherbury Cathedral. Source.

Kinngait Printed Textiles

Printed cloth from Kinngait Studios on Dorset Island. Source.

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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