Rug and Textile Appreciation Morning: Woven Treasures From the East in the Royal Tudor Court from symbols of power in literature Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 44 min 37 sec ✓ Published: 17-Nov-2021
Description: In this virtual talk, historian and author Lauren MacKay threads the magnificent intersection of East and West into the broader Tudor narrative, with vivid visual representations of Oriental material culture, which flowed between the Islamic world and the Tudor’s “Sceptred Isle.”nnFor the Tudors, the Islamic world of the 16th century was an endless source of fascination and delight, swathed in fine silks, bursting with spices and draped in luxurious and vibrant tapestries and carpets. Henr
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