Where to see tapestry in Britain (I)

Name of Weaver
*additional weaver

Title

Date

Size & Materials

Owner/Location

Access arrangements

Ayling, Maggie

A Flutter of Petitions

1993

Cotton warp,
hand dyed weft

Holy Trinity Church,
Boston,
Lincolnshire

Church office 01205 310221,
9-12 Mon-Fri. holy.trinity@ukonline.co.uk
www.HTonline.co.uk

Ayling, Maggie

The Journey

1998

Cotton warp,
hand dyed weft

Holy Trinity Church,
Boston,
Lincolnshire

As above

Barker, Jo

Blush II

2005

120x120cm
Cotton warp, wool,
cotton, embroidery
& metallic weft

City Art Centre
Edinburgh,
Lothian

 

Barker, Jo

Blush

2002

120x200cm
Cotton warp, wool,
cotton, embroidery
& metallic weft

City Art Centre
Edinburgh,
Lothian

 

Baxter, Joan

Welbeck Morning

1989

300x150cms
Wool, cotton. linen

Welbeck Estates Co Ltd.
Located:
Southwell Minster Prebendary
B&B House
Southwell, Notts.

By appointment,
01636 816833

Baxter, Joan

Hial Tapestry

2003

130x100cms
Wool, laminated photos

Inverness Airport
Inverness

Public access during
airport opening hours

Baxter, Joan,
*Sherrit, Susan

Our Land

1997

200x550cms
Wool, cotton

Alliance and Leicester,
Customer Service Centre
Leicester,

 

Brennan, Archie

The Runnner

1977

 

Shipley Art Gallery
Gateshead,
Tyne & Wear

 

Brock, Geraldine

Commemorating 150 years of Notts Constabulary

1996

4x12ft

Southwell Minster,
Pilgrim Chapel
Southwell, Notts.

Accessible during cathedral
opening hours
01636 812 649

Brunning, Jane,

Celebrating Children’s Ideas - design based on children’s drawings

2000

175x120cms
Wool, linen, cotton

W Sussex Education Authority, Centenary House,
Littlehampton Rd.
Durrington, Sussex

9-5 mon-fri.

Brunning, Jane,

The Beach - designed with patients on
children’s ward

2004

116x56cms
Wool, linen, cotton

Scarborough Hospital,
Duke of Kent Ward
Scarborough,
Yorkshire

By arrangement with
the children’s ward

Cox, Bobbie

Meetings. 3 tapestries and an altar frontal

1991

3@170x200cm.
Altar frontal, 1x1m
Linen warp,wool weft

Rochester Cathedral,
Lady Chapel
Rochester, Kent

Access during Cathedral
opening hours

Cox, Bobbie

Woven Memory

1981

2.5x2.5m
Linen warp,wool weft

IBM Havant,
Sussex

Uncertain

Cox, Bobbie

Red Flow

1980

1x1.5m
Linen warp, wool weft

Queen’s House
Harrow on the Hill,
London

Uncertain

Cox, Bobbie

Lebyrinth Majic Diagram

1984

1.2x2.4m
Linen warp, wool weft

Dartington Hall Trust,
Totnes,TQ9 6EL.
White Heart Dining Room Dartington, Devon

Public restaurant,
01803 847000,
www.dartingtonhall.org.uk

Cox, Bobbie

White Hart 600 Royal Red

1985

2x2.4m
Linen warp, wool weft

Dartington Hall Trust,
Totnes,TQ9 6EL.
White Heart Dining Room
Dartington, Devon

Public restaurant,
01803 847000
www.dartingtonhall.org.uk

Cox, Bobbie

Red Furrow

1985

1800mmx700mm
Linen warp, wool weft

Beaford Arts Centre
Winkleigh, Devon


01805 603201
to arrange appointment to view

Cox, Bobbie

Pieces of Light

1986

Assembly in 4 pieces including altar frontal
Linen warp, wool weft

St Stephen’s Church,
High Street
Exeter, Devon

Normally open during week, contact 01392 272 450

Cox, Bobbie

Woven Legend, from the story of the True Cross

1974

1x3m
Linen warp, wool weft

St Helen’s Church,
Lady Chapel
Abingdon, Oxfordshire

Contact Church Office
to collect key
01235 520 144

Crowther, Margaret

The Garrick Weaving

1999

2x4m,50cm deep
Sisal

Garrick Playhouse
Altrincham, Cheshire

Access when theatre open

Duncan, Alastair

Untitled,x3

1987/91

4x14ft, & 4x4ft(x2)
Cotton warp, wool weft

Allied Irish Banks,
Dame St
Dublin, N.Ireland

Access during bank opening hours

Duncan, Alastair

No Shadows

1991

8x6ft6’’
Cotton warp, wool weft

IST Trust Bank HQ
Belfast, N.Ireland

Access during bank opening hours

Duncan, Alastair

Musa Folia

1990

4x5’
Cotton warp, wool weft

Swansea City Council.
Ty Dewi Sant Sheltered Housing, Fforest Fach,
Swansea, Glamorgan

By appointment

Duncan, Alastair

Untitled

2000

1.2x5m
Cotton warp, wool weft

Monmouthshire Borough Council, Caldicot Library
Caldicot, Monmouthshire

Access during library opening hours

Webster, Emmajo.

Let Glasgow Flourish

1990

6x4ft
Wool, cotton.

Ross Hall Hospital,
221 Crookston Rd.
Glasgow, Lanarkshire

 

Webster, Emmajo

Sun, and Sea Angels.

1997

2, 2x1.5ft each
Cotton, linen.

Western Isles Hospital,
Uist
Western Isles

 

Webster, Emmajo

Trades of Ayre

1999

7x3.5ft
Wool, cotton, linen

Rozelle Gallery
Ayreshire

Contact Liz Kwasnik

Webster, Emmajo

Sweet Afton

1994/5

7x4ft
Wool, cotton

Ayre Hospital,
Day Care Unit,
ReceptionAyre,
Ayreshire

 

Falk, Gabriella

Out Of Darkness

1998

3x1.5m
Wool weft, cotton
& linen warp

Plymouth NHS.
Derriford Hospital
Oncology Department,
Plymouth Derriford,
Devon

Reception area.

Forsyth, Fiona

Crucifixion Tapestry

1975

1.5x2m
Linen warp, hand
dyed wool weft

Strathdon Chapel
Strathdon,
Aberdeenshire

By arrangement

Forsyth, Fiona

New Jerusalem

1979

1.25x1.6m
Hand dyed wool,
linen warp

Strathdon Chapel
Strathdon,
Aberdeenshire

By arrangement

Forsyth, Fiona

The Bishop’s Tapestry

1981

1.6x4.2m
Linen warp, hand
dyed wool weft

Mary’s Cathedral
Huntly Street,
Aberdeenshire

Open to the public

Forsyth, Fiona

Altar Frontal

1983

Linen warp, hand
dyed wool weft

Mary’s Cathedral
Huntly Street,
Aberdeenshire

Open to the public

Forsyth, Fiona

The Falklands War
Memorial Tapestry

1987

2.1x3m
Linen warp, hand
dyed wool weft

HMS Raleigh,
M.O.D.  RC Chapel
Torpoint, Devon

By arrangement

Forsyth, Fiona,
*Armstrong-King,
Ananda

Wedding Feast at Cana (1)

1988

1.5x1.5m
Cotton warp, hand
dyed wool weft

Newark Parish Church
Newark, Notts.

By arrangement

Forsyth, Fiona,
*Armstrong-King,
Ananda

Wedding Feast at Cana (2)

1990

1.2x2m
Cotton warp, hand
dyed wool wef

Roman Catholic Advisory
Service, Clitheroe House,
1 Blyth Mews Rd,
LondonW14 ONW

By arrangement,
0207 3711341

Hepworth, Maralyn

Weave on the
Wildside

2005

1x1m
Handspun &
commercial yarns

Shropshire Wildlife Trust Shrewsbury

Saturday Events or by
Prior Arrangement

Hodge, Maureen

Field of  Endeavour: Territory ll

 

 

Scottish Parliament
Building,
Garden Lobby
Edinburgh, Lothian

 

Hutchison, Fiona

We Aspire To Win

2001

210x75cm
Wool, linen, sisal

Scottish Institute of Sport,
Airthrey Rd
Stirling

By appointment

Hutchison, Fiona

Distant Storm

1998

240x85cm
Wool, linen, sisal

Edinbugh University,
George Square
Edinburgh, Lothian

Contact University

Jackson, Anne

Reclining Nude

1991

60x80cm

Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre
Exeter, Devon

By arrangement

Jackson, Anne

Reclining Nude 2

1992

70x90cm
Cotton, linen,
synthetics

Christies Hospital,
Oncology Department
Manchester.

By arrangement

Jeffries, William

Carlisle Tapestry

 

 

Central Library
Carlisle, Cumbria

 

Jeffries, William

2 Corby Castle tapestries

 

 

Carlisle City Museum
Carlisle, Cumbria

 

Jeffries, William

Measuring Man

 

 

Carlisle Museum
& Art Gallery
Carlisle, Cumbria

 

Jeffries, William

Chink

 

 

Royal Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh, Lothian

 

Jeffries, William

Red Gold Frieze

1987

 

Shipley Art Gallery
Gateshead, Tyne&Wear

 

Jeffries, William

Garden

 

 

Leeds City Art Gallery
Leeds, Yorkshire

 

Johns, Pat

Topsham Parish Map

1986

3ft6x5ft
Wool on a cotton warp

Artist owned,
on loan to Topsham Museum,
25 The Strand
Topsham, Exeter

01392 873244,
seasonal opening.

           
           
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