Wall hangings

Ideas:

Four seasons or "It's all about the food" - planting the garden, livestock out to pasture, wheat harvest, wine making

Spring Planting - March Duc du Berry - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/f3v.html

Summer Haying - June Duc du Berry - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/f6v.html

Wheat Harvest and Shearing - July Duc du Berry - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/f7v.html

Wheat Harvest and Hawking - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0783

Wheat Harvest in Queen Mary's Psalter - 

Fishing - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0599

Four activities: bankers aka troll (Pelican), teaching/making (A&S), tourney (marshallate), feasting and frivolity (Royalty)

Bankers - found by searching for Cocharelli at the British Library - http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp

Tourney - Manesse - http://www.marquise.de/en/1300/pics/man_9.shtml - Graf Otto von Botenlaube at Tournament

Tourney - Manesse Herzog Heinrich von Breslau - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0018

Tourney - Manesse Der Herzog der Anhalte - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0029

Tourney - Manesse Herzog Johann von Brabant - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0031

Tourney - Manesse Graf Friederich von Leiningen - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0047

Tourney - Manesse Her Walter von Klingen - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0099

Tourney - Manesse Der Schenke vo Limperg - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0160

Hand to hand - Manesse Johann von Ringgenberg - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0376

Joust - Manesse Albrecht Marschal von Rapperswill - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0380

Joust - Manesse no name - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0387

Hand to hand - Manesse von Sharpfenberg - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0403

Battle in Queen Mary's Psalter - 

Crossbow - Manesse Her Rubin - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0334

Crossbow - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0787 -

Archer - Manesse Kristan von LUppin - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0448

Archers Manesse Der During - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0454

Hawking - Manesse - http://www.marquise.de/en/1300/pics/man_24.shtml - King Konrad the Young

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0009

Hawking - Manesse Markgraf Heinrich von Meissen - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0024

Hawking - August Duc du Berry - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/f8v.html

Chess and Musicians -Manesse - http://www.marquise.de/en/1300/pics/man_25.shtml - Margrave Otto von Brandenburg,

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0021

Backgammon - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0520

Bowling - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0673

Drinking and Music - Manesse - http://www.marquise.de/en/1300/pics/man_27.shtml - von Bucheim http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0537

Music and Dance - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0619

Band of Musicians - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0793

King David and his band - 

May excursion - Duc du Berry - http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/f5v.html

Armorer - Manesse Hartman von Starkenburg - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0508

Armorers with Laurels - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0757

Weaving - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0565

Schoolmaster - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0580

Shopping - Manesse Der Dietmar von Ast - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0123

Scribes - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0719

Revelry - Manesse - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0612

Courtly Scene - Manesse Koenig Wencel von Bohmen - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0015

Courtly Scene - Manesse Klingsor von Ungarland - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0434

Royal Supper - Queen Mary's Psalter - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Mary's_Psalter.jpg

Four "groups": Two shires and two kingdoms - red/yellow & blue/white, purple/gold & black/silver/gold (for side walls or panel backs as inspired by Barley Hall wall hangings)

Idea for hiding the pipe

Valence - Manesse - Herr Hug von Vergengang - http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0499

The Da Costa Hours - http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=osin+%22MS%20M.399%22&Search_Code=CMD&CNT=50&HIST=1

The Da Cost Months - http://www.spamula.net/blog/archives/000304.html

Barley Hall - beautiful virtual tour

http://www.r3.org/barley_hall/tour/01starreinne1.html

Inspiration:

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/Medieval_page_1_c_2.html

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/The_Manta_p_22.html

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/Vendanges_Grape_Border_p_836.html

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/Promenade_p_1307.html

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/Baille_des_Roses_p_980.html

http://www.european-wall-tapestries.com/store/catalog/Broderie_Embroidery_p_1007.html