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Traditional Palestinian embroidery is on UNESCO’s list of cultural heritage. Now there is a push to revive interest in the craft among younger generations.

“Every town’s embroidery has a special characteristic,” said Baha Jubeh, collections and conservation manager at the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, as he stood among a long row of these dresses, known as thobes, some dating back decades and others more than a century. “But all of them together combine to create a historical Palestinian identity.”

It has taken the National Trust 24 years to restore the set of the largest set of tapestries in England to their former glory, writes Christina J. Faraday

It has taken experts nearly 750 hours to repair, strengthen and bring out the vivid colours of the 17th century tapestry which depicts the coronation of Roman E

Former EDP columnist Keith Reeves has had a long and varied career in the arts, property, food and wine. He shares his story with Stacia Briggs.

Published : 27 May 2021 The National Trust’s longest running conservation project takes an important step forward with a carefully conserved tapestry from a 440-year-old set being brought back to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. It is the 12th tapestry of the set of 13 to be conserved and returned to Hardwick Hall, after several years in the care of specialist textile conservators. The work on the tapestries is the Trust’s largest textile conservation project, having started...

By Press Association 2021 Detail of the lost red squirrel recreated in the border of the tapestry (Barry Batchelor/National Trust/PA) A “secret squirrel” has been painstakingly restored on a rare 17th century Flemish tapestry. The red squirrel was originally woven with wool and silk and hidden in the foliage of the large Enghien tapestry. The tapestry is one of two that resides at the National Trust’s Dyrham Park estate, near Bath. C...

By Press Association 2021 Detail of the lost red squirrel recreated in the border of the tapestry (Barry Batchelor/National Trust/PA) A “secret squirrel” has been painstakingly restored on a rare 17th century Flemish tapestry. The red squirrel was originally woven with wool and silk and hidden in the foliage of the large Enghien tapestry. The tapestry is one of two that resides at the National Trust’s Dyrham Park estate, near Bath. C...

Dyrham Park: Once-lost squirrel to National Trust tapestries Published image copyrightNational Trust image captionProperty curator Eilidh Auckland said it was "wonderful" to see the tapestries "back to their former glory" A once-lost red squirrel has been restored to a country houses rare 17th Century tapestries as part of a National Trust restoration project. The Enghien tapestries were cut to fit space at Dyrham Park, near Bath, before the charity took over running it. Research of the wool w...

By Press Association 2021 Detail of the lost red squirrel recreated in the border of the tapestry (Barry Batchelor/National Trust/PA) A “secret squirrel” has been painstakingly restored on a rare 17th century Flemish tapestry. The red squirrel was originally woven with wool and silk and hidden in the foliage of the large Enghien tapestry. The tapestry is one of two that resides at the National Trust’s Dyrham Park estate, near Bath. C...