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Franses Tapestry Archive
Franses Tapestry Archive — research resource on European tapestries.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Piccadilly Circus · 0.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Franses Tapestry Archive is a historic library in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "research resource on European tapestries". Coordinates: 51.5078°, -0.1380°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Franses Tapestry Archive and Library in London is devoted to the study of European tapestries and figurative textiles. It is the world’s largest academic research resource on the subject.
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Background
History
Established in 1987, the archive was co-founded by Simon Franses, a director of the Franses Gallery and Tom Campbell, a tapestry scholar. After 7 years of full-time work, Dr Campbell moved to New York to take up a curatorial post at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He went on to curate two landmark Tapestry exhibitions Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence (2002) and Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor (2007). In 2008, he was appointed director of the museum. The vast collection of images began to be collected by Dr Campbell with a team of research assistants, and was gathered from across Europe and America. The Archive has continued to expand over 29 years. It now holds…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5078, -0.1380
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW1Y 6JF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Established
- 1987
- Nearest railway station
- Piccadilly Circus — 0.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q28402033 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Franses Tapestry Archive (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Franses Tapestry Archive London 02.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Franses Tapestry Archive?
- Franses Tapestry Archive is in London, United Kingdom (postcode SW1Y 6JF), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- When was Franses Tapestry Archive built?
- Built or established in 1987.
- How do I get to Franses Tapestry Archive?
- The nearest railway station is Piccadilly Circus, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SW1Y 6JF.