The Art of Making a Tapestry

Learn how tapestries were made in the time of Louis XIV and are still made today. Explore the process of tapestry weaving at the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris, where historical techniques dating to the time of Louis XIV are used to make contemporary works of art.
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Video chapters:
Introduction - 0:04
Designing a Tapestry - 1:08
Colorful Threads - 2:17
Preparing a Loom - 4:36
Weaving - 6:15
This video was produced in conjunction with the exhibition "Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV," on view at the Getty Center, December 15, 2016-May 1, 2016.
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[@ynfvlogs67]

This kind of job needs alot of patience :o

[@amyhon2000]

How beautiful! I could only dream of having such skill, I am so glad that there are still people out there who create such pieces by hand.

[@xStrikie]

Fantastic video, I might have to rethink my dream job after seeing this! Sidenote, in case this gets read by the museum: The timestamps in the description can also be written out, like 1:08 , which makes the video jump to that point, instead of it being a link, which reloads the video :)

[@gettymuseum]

+Strikie Thank you for the timestamp tip!

[@ZsaZsaUmbra]

I recently started weaving and it's very therapeutic to the mind and body. I'm experimenting incorporating macrame techniques and needle work into my weaves. I guess I like string lol. Thanks for the awesome video.

[@morganl2633]

This is incredible! Thank you for sharing. I'm setting up my loom for my first (albeit very small) tapestry now. This video gave me inspiration.

[@gettymuseum]

Delighted to hear it! Thanks for your positive feedback. Good luck with your loom.

[@suewilkinson5855]

That was extraordinary! So very much work to make one now, and yet, how much easier to make one now than in the Middle Ages: warping by hand, no artificial lighting, getting the materials for the tapestry, and probably infinitely more. Thank you for that lovely video!

[@Waterflame]

This is amazing! I love learning new bits of history info like this. It never even occurred to me that the bobbins would hang that way! These weavers are true artists!

[@seagreentangerine2065]

I would work here for free and live in a tent - what a truly inspirational video x

[@unitelanka]

great quality video. watching in hd is something else.

[@iancole85]

Love this series. Excellent production, please keep them coming.

[@lencilenci7408]

great video..I love learning new things. I am in awe of this.. definitely an art.

[@anna-mariaorban3629]

GREAT! WOW! Congratulation! And I'm happy to see all those people from Manufacture Gobelin that I met in 2012! Happy New Year for ALL! Anna Orban from Romania

[@RobertBusschots]

Congratulations to the creators and scientific supervisors of this video.

[@patchworkgirl57]

Wonderful video... and thanks soooo much for the accurate captions! They are SO much better than the "automatic" captions! :)

[@fr2647]

so beautiful

[@NeonsStyleHD]

Fascinating. Thankyou

[@rosewatersaffron8430]

Thank you for this great documentary. But why is nowhere mentioned from where this art was inspired? I recall being told in school that the French learned from the Iranian how to weave this kind of complex structures. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think it would be a worthwhile piece of information to include the origin especially if the historic aspect is highlighted so much.

[@ruthjames715]

Such beautiful, intricate work.

[@rarenest9150]

Just lovely. Great film making and a luscious subject. The camera seems to absorb the colors and the textures. Great job.

[@mikekavanagh8952]

Excellent.

[@ulaB]

Beautiful work.

[@islamsaid8684]

expressive

[@jothamhansen145]

Thank you

[@MrRappScallion]

Lovely and fascinating stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@mch12311969]

Fascinating! Sharing

[@hammuabimirza3196]

very relaxing

[@savannahnight7872]

Remarkable

[@musamor75]

Mobilier National. Musée des Gobelins. Paris, France.

[@IvoryOwl92]

The maintenance costs for these looms must be out of this planet...

[@artist_joewhittington]

More artist should take the time necessary to make Art with humanity and soul. Thanks for posting.

[@whitjones131]

Sooooo... How do I get a job there???!!! Pick me! Pick me! 🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@sumonhossain7449]

we also made hand made tappstry in Bangladesh

[@majorasink9284]

I love how women did all the work!!! Inspirational!

[@reklawj9]

one wonders if in the past all the weavers were women as seen here or was it a mans profession that women took over as men went on to new things