The Art of Making a Tapestry

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  • čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
  • Learn how tapestries were made in the time of Louis XIV and are still made today. Explore the process of tapestry weaving at the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris, where historical techniques dating to the time of Louis XIV are used to make contemporary works of art.
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    Video chapters:
    Introduction - 0:04
    Designing a Tapestry - 1:08
    Colorful Threads - 2:17
    Preparing a Loom - 4:36
    Weaving - 6:15
    This video was produced in conjunction with the exhibition "Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV," on view at the Getty Center, December 15, 2016-May 1, 2016.
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    #decorativearts #tapestry #gettymuseum

Komentáře • 39

  • @ynfvlogs67
    @ynfvlogs67 Před 8 lety +2541

    This kind of job needs alot of patience :o

  • @amyhon2000
    @amyhon2000 Před 8 lety +2101

    How beautiful! I could only dream of having such skill, I am so glad that there are still people out there who create such pieces by hand.

  • @xStrikie
    @xStrikie Před 8 lety +873

    Fantastic video, I might have to rethink my dream job after seeing this!
    Sidenote, in case this gets read by the museum: The timestamps in the description can also be written out, like 1:08 , which makes the video jump to that point, instead of it being a link, which reloads the video :)

    • @gettymuseum
      @gettymuseum  Před 8 lety +198

      +Strikie Thank you for the timestamp tip!

  • @ZsaZsaUmbra
    @ZsaZsaUmbra Před 7 lety +425

    I recently started weaving and it's very therapeutic to the mind and body. I'm experimenting incorporating macrame techniques and needle work into my weaves. I guess I like string lol. Thanks for the awesome video.

  • @morganl2633
    @morganl2633 Před 7 lety +444

    This is incredible! Thank you for sharing. I'm setting up my loom for my first (albeit very small) tapestry now. This video gave me inspiration.

    • @gettymuseum
      @gettymuseum  Před 7 lety +64

      Delighted to hear it! Thanks for your positive feedback. Good luck with your loom.

  • @suewilkinson5855
    @suewilkinson5855 Před 7 lety +87

    That was extraordinary! So very much work to make one now, and yet, how much easier to make one now than in the Middle Ages: warping by hand, no artificial lighting, getting the materials for the tapestry, and probably infinitely more. Thank you for that lovely video!

  • @Waterflame
    @Waterflame Před 8 lety +46

    This is amazing! I love learning new bits of history info like this. It never even occurred to me that the bobbins would hang that way! These weavers are true artists!

  • @seagreentangerine2065
    @seagreentangerine2065 Před 7 lety +258

    I would work here for free and live in a tent - what a truly inspirational video x

  • @RobertBusschots
    @RobertBusschots Před 8 lety +34

    Congratulations to the creators and scientific supervisors of this video.

  • @unitelanka
    @unitelanka Před 8 lety +15

    great quality video. watching in hd is something else.

  • @iancole85
    @iancole85 Před 8 lety +44

    Love this series. Excellent production, please keep them coming.

  • @patchworkgirl57
    @patchworkgirl57 Před 8 lety +70

    Wonderful video... and thanks soooo much for the accurate captions! They are SO much better than the "automatic" captions! :)

  • @lencilenci7408
    @lencilenci7408 Před 8 lety +21

    great video..I love learning new things. I am in awe of this.. definitely an art.

  • @fr2647
    @fr2647 Před 7 lety +19

    so beautiful

  • @anna-mariaorban3629
    @anna-mariaorban3629 Před 8 lety +17

    GREAT! WOW! Congratulation! And I'm happy to see all those people from Manufacture Gobelin that I met in 2012! Happy New Year for ALL! Anna Orban from Romania

  • @rosewatersaffron8430
    @rosewatersaffron8430 Před 7 lety +706

    Thank you for this great documentary. But why is nowhere mentioned from where this art was inspired? I recall being told in school that the French learned from the Iranian how to weave this kind of complex structures. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think it would be a worthwhile piece of information to include the origin especially if the historic aspect is highlighted so much.

  • @NeonsStyleHD
    @NeonsStyleHD Před 8 lety +12

    Fascinating. Thankyou

  • @rarenest9150
    @rarenest9150 Před 8 lety +41

    Just lovely. Great film making and a luscious subject. The camera seems to absorb the colors and the textures. Great job.

  • @ruthjames715
    @ruthjames715 Před 8 lety +28

    Such beautiful, intricate work.

  • @mikekavanagh8952
    @mikekavanagh8952 Před 7 lety +6

    Excellent.

  • @ulaB
    @ulaB Před 8 lety +13

    Beautiful work.

  • @islamsaid8684
    @islamsaid8684 Před 8 lety +9

    expressive

  • @MrRappScallion
    @MrRappScallion Před 8 lety +11

    Lovely and fascinating stuff. Keep up the good work.

  • @jothamhansen145
    @jothamhansen145 Před 7 lety +6

    Thank you

  • @mch12311969
    @mch12311969 Před 8 lety +12

    Fascinating! Sharing

  • @hammuabimirza3196
    @hammuabimirza3196 Před 7 lety +6

    very relaxing

  • @artist_joewhittington
    @artist_joewhittington Před 8 lety +312

    More artist should take the time necessary to make Art with humanity and soul. Thanks for posting.

  • @IvoryOwl92
    @IvoryOwl92 Před 7 lety +48

    The maintenance costs for these looms must be out of this planet...

  • @savannahnight7872
    @savannahnight7872 Před 7 lety +16

    Remarkable

  • @musamor75
    @musamor75 Před 8 lety +7

    Mobilier National. Musée des Gobelins. Paris, France.

  • @whitjones131
    @whitjones131 Před 7 lety +284

    Sooooo... How do I get a job there???!!! Pick me! Pick me! 🙋🙋🙋🙋

  • @sumonhossain7449
    @sumonhossain7449 Před 7 lety +52

    we also made hand made tappstry in Bangladesh

  • @majorasink9284
    @majorasink9284 Před 8 lety +28

    I love how women did all the work!!! Inspirational!

  • @reklawj9
    @reklawj9 Před 8 lety +102

    one wonders if in the past all the weavers were women as seen here or was it a mans profession that women took over as men went on to new things