Henry VIII's Tapestries Revealed

Huw Owens; Elsje Janssen

Henry VIII's Tapestries Revealed

Huw Owens, Elsje Janssen (Editor)

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Abstract

The digital conservation and ‘virtual restoration’ of one of Henry VIII’s Story of Abraham tapestries has integrated techniques from textile conservation, colour science and imaging science. The 500-year-old tapestry has suffered physical degradation, most significantly in the loss of colour from the dyed fibres and the tarnishing of metallic threads woven into the design. The conservation of a colour accurate image of the tapestry in a digital archive required the development of a multispectral imaging system to record the tapestry’s current condition. The digital restoration of the tapestry involved the projection of a recoloured image onto the tapestry at the Hampton Court Palace Tapestries Revealed exhibition in order to convey to the public the tapestry’s original colour and magnificence. digital conservation, tapestry, multispectral imaging, photofading, recolouration, colour measurement, projector characterisation

Original language	English
Title of host publication	16th Triennial Conference Lisbon 19-23 September 2011
Editors	Elsje Janssen
Publisher	Critério - Produção Gráfica, Lda.
ISBN (Print)	978-989-97522-0-7
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2011
Event	16th Triennial Conference: Cultural Heritage/Cultural Identity - Lisbon Conference Centre Duration: 19 Sept 2011 → 23 Sept 2011 http://www.icom-cc2011.org

Conference

Conference	16th Triennial Conference: Cultural Heritage/Cultural Identity
City	Lisbon Conference Centre
Period	19/09/11 → 23/09/11
Internet address	http://www.icom-cc2011.org

Keywords

digital conservation
tapestry
multispectral imaging
photofading
recolouration
colour measurement

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