Bayeux tapestry

American  

[bey-yoo, bah-, ba-yœ] / beɪˈju, bɑ-, baˈjœ /

noun

1. a strip of embroidered linen 231 feet (70 meters) long and 20 inches (50 centimeters) wide, depicting the Norman conquest of England and dating from around 1100.

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Bayeux tapestry British  

noun

1. an 11th- or 12th-century embroidery in Bayeux, nearly 70.5 m (231 ft) long by 50 cm (20 inches) high, depicting the Norman conquest of England

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Etymology

Origin of Bayeux tapestry

After Bayeux, France, the town in which it was made

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Bayeux tapestry

Cullinan said they "send and receive thousands of loans each year - including ancient frescoes and textiles which are older than the Bayeux tapestry".

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Fischer does not however see any analogy between the Bayeux tapestry and the Elgin Marbles, the treasure of the British museum whose return Greece has so long demanded.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018

If you look at the Bayeux tapestry with both eyes open the answers to that can easily be seen.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2018

For all we know, the Pyramids might have been designed by women, and the Bayeux tapestry almost certainly was; but ever since art history began to be systematically written, its heroes have all been men.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bayeux tapestry is worked in worsted on linen; the design is perfectly flat and shadowless.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess