Dumfries House and Greek Mythological Tapestries

In August 2013 we were commissioned to make four replica printed tapestries for Dumfries House by The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust.  

Hung in the panelled Tapestry Room, which was designed by the well-known Scottish architect Robert Weir Schultz in 1895, the four magnificent tapestries depict various Greek mythological scenes; ‘The Triumph of Minerva’, ‘The Procession of Bacchus’, ‘The Crowning of Diana’ and ‘Apollo’. The tapestries were fairly large and ranged in sizes from 3.72 x 3.73m to 3.72 x 6.30m.

We began the twelve-week project in August 2013 when Zardi & Zardi was appointed, as the original collection of tapestries were scheduled to be taken down for conservation and cleaning. 

As with all of our commissions, each tapestry was intricately photographed by one of our trusted photographers. Then printed using the latest technology onto beautiful linens, these were then interlined and lined before being hand seamed and weighted in order to give the tapestries the right hang.

 We completed the de-installation and installation in October 2013 and the replicas will hang in the Tapestry Room until spring 2015. Once the original tapestries have been cleaned and returned to Dumfries House  we are set to go back photograph them, which we are already looking forward too. The conservation of these already stunning pieces of art will enhance them ten fold.

It was a wonderful project to have been involved with and everyone had very high standards of how the tapestries should look and feel; this definitely pushed us to achieve an impressive high quality finish that we are extremely proud of.