The Marguerite Tapestry - St Mary's Guildhall Coventry

A Big Weave for All, weaving with community groups and visitors to St Mary’s Guildhall during a residency in the Great Hall. Weaving alongside the 500 year old Coventry Tapestry we have picked up on some elements of the tapestry as inspiration for our design.

The Marguerite tapestry design - signifying Margaret of Anjou, a principal figure in the Coventry tapestry. The  falling petals and the curve of colour give movement to the design. The curve represents the sweep of fabric and the colours are taken from the dominant shades of the costumes in the Coventry Tapestry. The actual weaving will have more resonance with lots of shades of yarn making up the blue and red areas. A hatching technique (widely used in the Coventry Tapestry) will be employed throughout the new piece and will make the tapestry ’sing’. The tapestry will be woven on its side to enable 6 ‘weavers' to sit and work together, when finished it will be hung vertically with the marguerite in the top right corner as shown in the design above.