Alla Marinow

Preserving and Cleaning Your Tapestries

Looking after your tapestries is really not a big deal! Let’s take a look at how tapestry wall hangings were preserved, cleaned and looked after throughout the centuries, and then discuss how you can clean and preserve your wall tapestry for generations t... Read >

What Makes Early European Tapestries - Priceless!

As the saying goes: “Necessity is the mother of invention”. That has never been truer than in the history of wall tapestry weaving in Western Europe. At first, weaving found its craft in the essential production of fabric for clothing. In time, the fabri... Read >

Tapestries : Transform Rooms Into Extraordinary Spaces!

How many times have you walked into your living, dining or bedroom and thought – I really need to do something with this room! It needs a facelift, or at least something that will make it ‘sing’. Often when faced with decorating or transforming a living s... Read >

Humor in Tapestries

We often wonder what our ancestors were like. Where the people of the middle ages of the 14th century bogged down in plague, famine, wars and survival? What were the people of 17th and 18th century Europe like? Where they forever fighting wars, or amusing... Read >

World Events in Tapestries

The media today is packed full of doom and gloom – wars, economy, stock market, tsunami’s, earthquakes, hunger, global warming – the list is endless. But how different is it today compared to 700 years ago, 400 years ago or 200 years ago? We think we are ... Read >

Tapestries, Mass Media and Life

Tapestries that are centuries old mirror the events and lifestyles of their time and place. In medieval times, these large tapestries tell us of a world much like the one we know today, with their depictions of fashions, events and politics. Of course, we... Read >

Natures Bounty in Tapestries

Since the medieval period, starting in the 10th century or so, we are introduced to nature’s bounty in tapestries. Early medieval tapestries are strewn with flowers throughout. The detailed style of wall tapestry weaving in medieval tapestries resulted in... Read >

Italian Tapestries and French Tapestries : Through the Looking Glass

European tapestries have been with us since the 10th century. From the medieval period through the 15th century renaissance, to 19th century William Morris, wall hanging tapestries speak to us through the ages telling us stories of the lives of the people... Read >

Tapestries : Sources of Communication Through the Ages

In today’s fast paced world our senses are bombarded with sounds and images from TV, billboards, computers, I-pods, movies, magazines etc. Everything comes to us in nano seconds and we barely have time to take in what is coming at us, let alone think abou... Read >

Tapestries of Life

Tapestries have been in our lives since recorded history, going back as far as the Egyptian times, through the medieval period right through to the 21st century. What have tapestries told us about life and living? Fragments of Coptic and Egyptian ... Read >

Integrated Pest Management

Integrated pest management can be defined as the practice of preventing or suppressing damaging populations of insect pests by application of the comprehensive and coordinated integration of multiple control tactics. This article will provide a step-by-st... Read >

Italian Tapestries VS French Tapestries

At Heirloom European Tapestries are often asked by customers who have Italian or French architecturally designed homes to provide advice on which large tapestries are truly Italian or French in order to maintain the architectural motif in their interior d... Read >

Mighty Mouse Keep Out of Your House!

Rats and mice are a pest control nightmare that are not only a nuisance but dangerous as well. They are carriers of numerous diseases such as; murine typhus, leptospirosis, trichinosis, salmonellosis (food poisoning), and ratbite fever. Plague is a disea... Read >

Keeping Larger Animals out of your Garden

While I can’t wait for the summer to feast on fresh ripe tomatoes and melons, I can always do without the disappointment of walking out to the garden to see all of my hard work trampled and tasted by area wild life. Deer, rabbits, dogs and cats can all d... Read >

Re-Decorating Your Home : Tapestries VS Paintings

Spring has finally arrived, and you are about to take the great re-decorating plunge! You are wondering ... should I decorate my empty-ish walls with paintings or with tapestries? I’ve got a few prints and paintings around, but essentially the place looks... Read >