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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire UK -textiles, tapestries and old houses
For those of you who may be visiting this area and have an interest in textiles, sewing, embroidery as well as old houses, Hardwick Hall should be on your list. There is a mill as well, but we did not have time for that yesterday.
Although not really highlighted by their website, the hall is apparently best known for its tapestries and wall hangings of which there are a lot and only one at a time is taken off for cleaning and restoration, which apparently takes at least a year and costs around £100,000 each. Puts kilts into perspective! Most have been in place for 400+ years so have collected a little dust during their lifetime.
Some are better preserved than others as a result of having been in storage or hung in a darker area.
There are lots of other things to see, this frieze comprises actual trees:
Then there is, among others, a Venus and Cupid sculpture:
a wine cooler!
Queen Elizabeth the First:
and a very odd addition, this was actually a reflection in a mirror which I have turned round so the kilt looks the right way round:
Last edited by tpa; 31st May 15 at 04:10 PM.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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The Following 9 Users say 'Aye' to tpa For This Useful Post:
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Wow! It's wonderful to see that tapestries of this quality are still available for all to see. It looks like you were able to get up quite close - that is amazing!
Thank you for these photos and the information. tap. This will be on my bucket list for my next trip to visit family in the UK.
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The Following User Says 'Aye' to Stitchwiz For This Useful Post:
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Lovely house! If I remember correctly there used to be a saying about it. "Hardwick Hall, more windows(glass?) than wall." Very apt, I always thought.
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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The Following User Says 'Aye' to Jock Scot For This Useful Post:
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Hardwick Hall is just amazing - if your 'thing' is hand made textiles a visit there is almost guaranteed to be life changing.
And you can take pictures.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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The Following User Says 'Aye' to Pleater For This Useful Post:
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The story of Bess of Harwick is also fascinating, as is her family connection with the Dukes of Devonshire.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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The Following User Says 'Aye' to McClef For This Useful Post:
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 Originally Posted by McClef
The story of Bess of Harwick is also fascinating, as is her family connection with the Dukes of Devonshire.
It is, she was quite some lady. They were doing a special display concentrating on Arbella, her grand-daughter, when we were there - a somewhat sad story.
Last edited by tpa; 31st May 15 at 04:11 PM.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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