Tapestries have depicted harvests since early medieval times and on down through the centuries. The favorite hand woven tapestries were always the wine harvest or wine festivals. Grapes ripe with sweet nectar were ready to be made into intoxicating elixirs that would be paired with the bountiful crops and animals (ready for slaughter) –a good excuse to have a bacchanalian festival. Wall hanging tapestries also depicted harvesting of crops (as in the Months of Lucas – November – on Sale at Heirloom European Tapestries). Lords and ladies as well as the peasant population would all participate in this preparedness for the long winter months ahead.
Tapestries speak to us from the centuries past, right through to present day. Our lives haven’t really changed that much from our forefathers! Today we have the benefit of visiting our local farmers markets to get the pick of the crop or our local grocery store. But large tapestries through the ages all spoke of this pivotal change of seasons. Cornucopia of harvest vegetables and fruit often adorned ornate borders in tapestries.
Autumn is a time to reflect, a time to get our winter woolens out of storage, and to change our eating habits from salads to potatoes, pumpkins and lamb. Regardless what we do, how we take on this time of year, a wall hanging tapestry will warm your home, your heart and give your eyes a feast they can enjoy all year round.






