Great Tapestry of Scotland

AvAlistair Moffat

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep and Andy Murry’s Wimbledon victory of 2013. More than 1000 stitchers spent a total of 55,000 sewing hours on the 160 panels that make up this extraordinary work of art.This book shows in full colour all the finished panels of the tapestry – one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland – together with descriptive and explanatory material on each panel and lists of all the stitchers involved.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-07-22
Mått:254 x 260 x 34 mm
Vikt:2 038 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Birlinn General
Medarbetare:Alexander McCallSmith
ISBN:9781780276472

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Textil konst inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Alistair Moffat was born in Kelso, Scotland in 1950. He is an award winning Writer, Historian and former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He is the founder of Borders Book Festival and Co-Chairman of The Great Tapestry Of Scotland.Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has devoted his time to the writing of fiction and has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. These include the 44 Scotland Street novels, first published as a serial novel in the Scotsman, the Isabel Dalhousie novels, the Von Igelfeld series and the Corduroy Mansions novels.

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'A real people’s history that has humour and pathos, erudition and wit, and where in every panel you feel the presence and the engagement of the makers'