Skog tapestry information

The Skog tapestry (Swedish: Skogbonaden or Skogtapeten) is a medieval textile work of art which was discovered in Skog Church in Sweden in 1912. Its subject...

at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. A part of the Swedish Skog tapestry depicts three figures that have been interpreted as allusions to Odin...

The Skog tapestry, also from Sweden but probably early 14th-century, is comparable in style. The most famous frieze hanging is the Bayeux Tapestry, actually...

(1999), From Pagan to Christian: The Story in the 12th-Century Tapestry of the Skog Church de Vries 1970, p. 93. Davidson 1990, p. 147. de Vries 1970...

Graal tapestries are a set of six tapestries depicting scenes from the legend of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail. The tapestries were commissioned...

13th-century tapestry from Skog Church, the Skog tapestry. It was found in 1912, wrapped around a bridal crown. Another tapestry is the Grödinge tapestry. The...

Three figures on the Skog tapestry; they have been interpreted as the Norse gods Odin (one eye), Thor (hammer in hand) and Freyr....

the French in 1695 and are now known only from descriptions and from a tapestry copy in the Historical Museum of Bern. The work is thought to have preoccupied...

Cf. the 13th c. Skog tapestry, which has a similar triad and may depict the same three gods....

Three kings on the contemporary Skog tapestry have been thought by historians Lagerqvist and Åberg possibly to allude to the Scandinavian summit meeting...

leading Norwegian textile artist in the early 20th-century, excelling in tapestry work. In 1900, she was appointed director of the weaving school at the...

(1999). "From Pagan to Christian: The Story in the 12th-Century Tapestry of the Skog Church". University of Washington. Archived from the original on...

short motif (belonging initially to the clarinets) into a rich woodwind tapestry, quickening the tempo and adding off-beat horns and pulsating trombones...