Textiles are a transmitter of both wealth and status and a measure for the development of a society from its primitive or early beginnings in ancient societies. By the second half of the fourteenth century weaving textiles and producing needlework had both become a highly important aspect of England and Europe’s societies and economies.

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Opus anglicanum, or English work is very fine needlework carried out for ecclesiastical or secular use on clothing from about 1100 – about 1350. It was all about reflecting ‘the beauty of holiness’.

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Woven textiles are a transmitter of both wealth and status and a measure for the development of a society from its primitive or early beginnings in ancient societies. By the second half of the fourteenth century tapestry and needlework had both become a highly important aspect of England and Europe’s societies and economies. The qualities that were the special characteristic, or hallmarks of what would become the fully developed European medieval art of tapestry were excellence in design, crispness of execution, wonderful depth of tone, superb richness and exquisite gradations of colour.

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