Author: Crummy, Andrew, Wilkie, Dorie, Hart, Gillian, Prestoungrange, Gordon and The Stitchers
Title: The Prestonpans Tapestry 1745
Description: Burke's Peerage and Gentry, 2010. Soft Cover. The Prestonpans Tapestry is a large embroidery created - and normally situated in - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.The design, size and style were inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry; however, the Prestonpans Tapestry deals with the events before, during and after the Battle of Prestonpans on 21 September 1745 where Bonnie Prince Charlie triumphed over the Hanoverian Army led by Sir John Cope. The Tapestry is like the Bayeux Tapestry an embroidered cloth, rather than a woven tapestry. More than two hundred embroiderers created the work over a two-year period; more than half these reside in Scotland from the places where Bonnie Prince Charlie marched to his Victory. Other embroiderers with family links come from as far as the US, Australia and New Zealand. this book was published at the time of the tapestry's first display - when it was exhibited in many towns in Scotland. 262p depicting all the tapestry's panels with background history and portraits of their stitcher's. The book is clean, tight and unmarked and near fine. Very collectable or presentable copy.See scans. Size: Oblong 4to . Fine

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