Elizabethan tapestry re-discovered

… and up for sale. Got a spare £1,000,000 (about $2,000,000 US)? And want to donate it to the owner of a Tudor History website? It would look great in my living room. :)

From The Times Online (with photo):

The 15ft (4.5m) by 6ft piece was made by William Sheldon, England’s finest tapestry maker, in Warwickshire in about 1580. Sheldon is thought to have made fewer than 20 large tapestries, and the Crocker Sheldon, which portrays scenes from English country life, is one of the few to have survived.

Full article

And another (longer) article from The Independent

Update: Here’s another article with some more pictures, including some close-ups

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