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[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|A tapestry hangs on the wall behind Grand Maester [[Pycelle]] - by Tiziano Baracchi. © Fantasy Flight Games|thumb|right|450px]]
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[[File:491a54229c5cd468e7c7e6a3f781f833-d72jw2i.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A tapestry hangs on the wall behind Grand Maester [[Pycelle]], by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games]]
 
'''Tapestry''' is a form of [[w:Tapestry|textile art]] in [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]].   
 
'''Tapestry''' is a form of [[w:Tapestry|textile art]] in [[Westeros]] and [[Essos]].   
  
==About==
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==Design==
Tapestry is a heavy woven textile with intricate designs suitable for wall-hangings. Presumably, it is traditionally woven on a vertical, or floor loom, as it is in our world.  
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Tapestry is a heavy woven textile with intricate designs suitable for wall-hangings. Presumably, it is traditionally woven on a vertical, or floor loom, as it is in our world. It is likely that the tapestry weavers use fabric such as linen or cotton or wool. Threads may include silk, gold, silver,{{ref|ADWD|16}} and perhaps other alternatives. Some tapestries are ancient and considered priceless.{{Ref|ADWD|67}} Old tapestries can unravel.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>
  
It is likely that the tapestry weavers use fabric such as linen or cotton or wool. Threads may include silk, gold, silver{{ref|aDwD|16}} and perhaps other alternatives. Tapestries have been in existence for a long time, some are ancient.{{Ref|aDwD|67}} It is likely that they are very valuable, it is mentioned in ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' that some tapestries are considered priceless.{{Ref|aDwD|67}}
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Tapestries can be ornate, depicting the stories of great battles, events, or famous people, for example. [[Westeros]]i noble houses have tapestries portraying their family histories that remain in their families for generations,{{Ref|AFFC|13}} hence some of them having a worn appearance. Many tapestries are likely considered treasured family heirlooms. They are also useful ways of paying homage to and remembering prideful histories down the generations. A tapestry may depict people, events, or times that are now out of favor under the current regime. In that case the important but offending tapestry can merely be stored away if need be, instead of having to be destroyed.{{Ref|AFFC|30}} Unlike murals or other fixed forms of art tapestries are not tied to the architecture, a tapestry may be removed from a wall and rolled up for transport to another location, or storage.{{Ref|AFFC|17}}{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
  
Tapestries can be very ornate, for example, depicting the stories of great battles, events or famous people. Westerosi noble houses have tapestries portraying their family histories that remain in their families for generations, hence some of them having a worn appearance. Many tapestries are likely considered treasured family heirlooms. They are also useful ways of paying homage to and remembering prideful histories down the generations. They serve as a subtle reminder as to who their heroes and adversaries really are.  
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The [[Free Cities]] are known for their tapestry making, including in [[Lys]],{{Ref|AGOT|20}} [[Myr]],{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}} [[Norvos]],{{Ref|AGOT|20}} and [[Qohor]].{{Ref|AGOT|20}} The artisans of Myr are especially famed for their fine work.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: The Quarrelsome Daughters: Myr, Lys, and Tyrosh}} The tapestries of Qohor, created primarily by women and children, are seen as the equal of those of Myr, although less expensive.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities: Qohor}} Tapestries are distributed throughout the [[narrow sea]] by merchants on trading galleys.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Free Cities}}
  
In [[Essos]] the [[Norvos]]hi are known as masters at creating fine tapestries that are renowned the world over. The Free City of [[Qohor]] is known for its fine tapestries.
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==Culture==
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[[File:Joshua CairosNedStark.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Two tapestries behind [[Eddard Stark]], by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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The throne room of the [[Red Keep]] is decorated with tapestries depicting hunting and battle,{{Ref|AGOT|49}} and tapestries from Lys, Norvos, and Qohor decorate the chambers of the [[small council]].{{Ref|AGOT|20}} The gloomy halls of the castle have faded tapestries.{{Ref|AGOT|32}} The walls of [[White Sword Tower]] are hung with white woolen tapestries.{{Ref|ASOS|67}} Tapestries also hang in the castle's bedchambers.{{Ref|AFFC|3}}
  
According to legend, the [[Grey King]]'s Hall had been warmed by [[Nagga]]'s living fire and on the walls hung tapestries made of silver seaweed.
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The [[Eyrie]] is decorated with tapestries, including a dozen splendid tapestries in an arcade.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
  
==Mobility==
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A tapestry at [[Old Oak]] depicts Lord [[Edgerran Oakheart]] sitting with the heads of a hundred [[Dornishmen]] piled around his feet. The castle also has tapestries depicting Ser [[Olyvar Oakheart]], dying beside King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] in [[Dorne]], and [[Alester Oakheart]] in the [[Prince's Pass]], blowing a warhorn.{{Ref|AFFC|13}}
Unlike murals or other fixed forms of art tapestries are not tied to the architecture, a tapestry may be removed from a wall and rolled up for transport to another location, or storage. [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] is easily able to take an old large tapestry by ship from [[Qarth]] to [[Meereen]]; it takes four Qartheen sailors to bear it rolled on their shoulders to be delivered to Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]].  
 
  
A tapestry may depict people, events or times that are now out of favour under the current regime. In that case the important but offending tapestry can merely be stored away if need be - instead of having to be destroyed. 
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The solar of Lord [[Tytos Blackwood]] at [[Raventree Hall]] has woolen tapestries.{{Ref|ADWD|48}}
  
For example, when King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s entourage travels north to [[Winterfell]], they stay at [[Darry|Castle Darry]] both ''en route'' and returning. The Darrys were known [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] loyalists. On the northbound, [[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers tapestries, woven portraits of all the Targaryen kings which had been taken down by [[House Darry]] and hidden away in the cellars for the duration of Robert's visit. This is indicates that despite the fall of House Targaryen and despite the loss of half their lands, most of their wealth, and almost all their power, House Darry remains quietly steadfast in their loyalty to House Targaryen by the retention and display of these tapestries in the privacy of their own domain.
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[[House Connington]] has faded tapestries on the walls of the great hall at [[Griffin's Roost]].{{Ref|ADWD|61}}
  
==Known tapestries==
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Wool tapestries of fruits and flowers are located in [[Ashford|Ashford Castle]].{{Ref|THK}}
===Westeros===
 
*[[House Oakheart]]’s tapestries of Ser [[Olyvar Oakheart]], [[Alester Oakheart]], and Lord [[Edgerran Oakheart]] located at [[Old Oak]].
 
*House Oakheart’s various tapestries at Old Oak that display the conflict between the Oakhearts and [[Dornishmen]].
 
*[[House Darry]] tapestries - woven portraits of all the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] kings, from [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]] to [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].
 
*[[Robert Baratheon]]’s hunting tapestries in the [[Red Keep]]’s throne room.  They are taken down after Robert's death.{{Ref|aGoT|57}}
 
*[[Red Keep#White Sword Tower|White Sword Tower]]’s white woolen tapestries located in the round room on its first floor.
 
*Lord [[Humfrey Hewett]]'s tapestries from his castle hall.  After the [[Battle of the Shield Islands]], [[Lucas Codd]] and [[Quellon Humble]] tear the tapestries down from the hall’s wall to serve as cloaks.
 
*[[House Blackwood]]’s woolen tapestries covering the walls of [[Raventree Hall]]’s solar.
 
*[[House Connington]]’s faded tapestries on the walls of [[Griffin's Roost]]’s great hall.
 
*[[House Arryn]]’s dozen splendid tapestries along the [[Eyrie]]’s arcade.
 
*Tapestries on the walls of the [[Quiet Isle|Hermit’s Hole]].
 
*Old tapestries of King Robert's being delivered to [[Petyr Baelish]].
 
  
===Essos===
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The audience chamber at [[Coldmoat]] has tapestries depicting [[tourney]] scenes and battles.{{Ref|TSS}}
*[[Ghiscari]] tapestries - the tapestries are ancient and much faded and depict the glory of the [[Ghiscari Empire]] - currently hanging on the walls of the [[Heart (Great Pyramid)|heart]] of the [[Great Pyramid]].
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*[[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]]’s map of the world tapestry that had been in his family vaults since before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] which took [[Valyria]].{{ref|aDwD|16}} The tapestry predates the Doom and is now in the possession of Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in [[Meereen]].
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Tapestries are on the walls of the Hermit's Hole at the [[Quiet Isle]].{{Ref|AFFC|31}}
*Queen Daenerys Targaryen’s tapestry hanging over her bed, gifted to her by [[freedmen|freedwomen]].
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Archmaester [[Marwyn]] has faded tapestries in his chambers at the [[Ravenry]].{{Ref|AFFC|45}}
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==History==
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According to legend, the [[Grey King's Hall]] had been warmed by [[Nagga]]'s living fire and on the walls hung tapestries made of silver seaweed.{{Ref|AFFC|19}}
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Queen [[Alysanne Targaryen]] bought tapestries and murals from the [[Free Cities]] to decorate the [[Red Keep]].{{Ref|FAB|A Time of Testing - The Realm Remade}}
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Ser [[Bennis of the Brown Shield]] stole coins which Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] had hidden behind a mildewed tapestry at [[Standfast]].{{Ref|TSS}}
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King [[Robert I Baratheon]] replaced the [[skulls of the Targaryen dragons]] in the Red Keep's throne room with hunting tapestries vivid with greens, browns, and blues.{{Ref|AGOT|13}}{{Ref|AGOT|43}}
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
 
===''A Game of Thrones''===
When King [[Robert Baratheon]]'s entourage travels north to offer the position of [[Hand of the King]] to Lord [[Eddard Stark]], they stay at [[Darry|Castle Darry]] both en route and returning. On the northbound stop, [[Tyrion Lannister]] discovers tapestries depicting the [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] kings which had been taken down by [[House Darry]] and hidden away in the cellars for the duration King Robert's visit. 
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King [[Robert I Baratheon]]'s hunting tapestries in the [[Red Keep]]'s throne room are taken down after his death.{{Ref|AGOT|57}}
 
 
The exiled [[Viserys Targaryen]] is aware that the Darrys are still displaying Targaryen tapestries fifteen years after [[Robert's Rebellion]].  
 
  
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
 
===''A Feast for Crows''===
Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] recalls that there is a tapestry of Lord [[Edgerran Oakheart]] at [[Old Oak]] depicting him sitting with a hundred [[Dornishmen]]’s heads piled around his feet. There is also tapestry depicting a member of the [[Kingsguard]], Ser [[Olyvar Oakheart]], all in white dying beside King [[Daeron I Targaryen]] in [[Dorne]]. Arys thinks of [[Alester Oakheart]] and the Oakheart tradition of killing Dornishmen. He  recalls that there is a tapestry at Old Oak depicting Alester in the [[Prince's Pass]], blowing a warhorn.{{ref|affc|13}}
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Ser [[Arys Oakheart]] recalls the tapestries at [[Old Oak]].{{Ref|AFFC|13}} While discretely meeting Princess [[Arianne Martell]] in the [[shadow city]] of [[Sunspear]], Arys sees a tapestry of [[Nymeria]] and her [[ten thousand ships]].{{Ref|AFFC|13}}
  
After the [[Battle of the Shield Islands]], [[Lucas Codd]] and [[Quellon Humble]] tear Lord [[Humfrey Hewett]]'s tapestries from his hall’s wall to serve as cloaks.  
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After the [[taking of the Shields]], [[Lucas Codd]] and [[Quellon Humble]] tear Lord [[Humfrey Hewett]]'s tapestries from [[Lord Hewett's castle|his hall's]] wall to serve as cloaks.{{Ref|AFFC|29}}
  
[[Cersei Lannister]] mentions that she received a letter from [[Petyr Baelish]] beseeching her to ship him some old tapestries’ of Robert’s. Later Petyr mentions to [[Sansa Stark]] that Cersei is sending him some splendid tapestries.  
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Queen Regent [[Cersei Lannister]] mentions that she received a letter from [[Petyr Baelish]] beseeching her to ship him some old tapestries of Robert's.{{Ref|AFFC|17}} Later Petyr mentions to [[Sansa Stark]] that Cersei is sending him some splendid tapestries.{{Ref|AFFC|23}}
  
[[Jaime Lannister]] observes that Castle Darry’s walls are still bare. He recalls that Tyrion had pointed out the squares of darker stone where the tapestries hand once hung. Ser [[Raymun Darry]] could remove the hangings but not the marks they had left. Jaime reveals that Tyrion slipped a handful of [[currency|stags]] to one of Darry’s serving men for the key to the cellar where the missing tapestries were hidden. Tyrion showed them to Jaime by light of a candle.
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While traveling to the [[siege of Riverrun]], Jaime stops at [[Darry|Castle Darry]]. He recalls that when Robert's entourage had traveled north to offer the position of [[Hand of the King]] to Lord [[Eddard Stark]] at [[Winterfell]], they had stayed at Darry both en route and returning. On the northbound stop, [[Tyrion Lannister]] had discovered tapestries depicting all of the kings from [[House Targaryen]], from [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon I]] to [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]], hidden in the cellar. Tyrion joked that Robert would have made him [[Lord of Darry]] if he had revealed their existence to the king, as the Targaryens had been overthrown in [[Robert's Rebellion]].{{Ref|AFFC|30}} Jaime observes that the castle's walls are still bare after it has been given to his disinterested cousin, Lord [[Lancel Lannister]].{{Ref|AFFC|30}}
  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
While visiting [[Daenerys Targaryen]] in [[Meereen]] the merchant prince [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] gifts her with a tapestry that has been in his family vaults since before the [[Doom of Valyria|Doom]] that took [[Valyria]].{{ref|aDwD|16}} Xaro uses it in his attempt to persuade her to abandon Meereen and travel by sea to [[Westeros]].  
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While visiting [[Daenerys Targaryen]], [[Queen of Meereen]], the merchant prince [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] gifts her with a beautiful tapestry of [[Essos]] that has been in his family vaults since before the [[Doom of Valyria]]. Xaro uses it in his attempt to persuade her to abandon [[Meereen]] and travel by sea to [[Westeros]].{{Ref|ADWD|16}} [[Freedwomen]] give Daenerys a tapestry which she hangs over her bed.{{Ref|ADWD|23}}
  
Daenerys stands by Xaro’s side and examines the tapestry when it is unrolled. Old, dusty, and faded, it is beautiful and covers half the floor. The seas are a blue silk sea, the lands are green, and the mountains black and brown. Cities are shown as stars in gold or silver thread. Daenerys realises that the tapestry depicts the world prior to the Doom cataclysm - there is no [[Smoking Sea]] and the [[Valyrian peninsula]] is not yet an island. [[Astapor]], [[Yunkai]] and Meereen are three silver stars beside the blue of [[Slaver's Bay]].
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The chambers of King [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]] within Meereen's [[Great Pyramid]] are decorated with priceless tapestries depicting the glory of the [[Old Empire of Ghis]]. The largest shows the last survivors of a defeated [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] army passing beneath the yoke and being chained.{{Ref|aDwD|67}} After slaying the pit fighter [[Khrazz]], Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] finds Hizdahr hiding behind one of these tapestries, begging to be spared.{{Ref|ADWD|67}}
  
After failing to convince Daenerys, Xaro threatens her and she tells him to leave - but he neglects to take the tapestry with him. Daenerys then seats herself upon her ebon bench and gazes across the blue silk sea to Westeros, silently vowing to herself, "One day".
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===''The Winds of Winter''===
 
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{{Warning/twow}}
In Meereen, inside the heart of the [[Great Pyramid]], on the walls of the King [[Hizdahr zo Loraq]]’s apartments, there are priceless tapestries.  The tapestries are ancient and much faded and depict the glory of the [[Ghiscari Empire]]. The largest of them show the last survivors of a defeated [[Valyrian Freehold|Valyrian]] army passing beneath the yoke and being chained.{{Ref|aDwD|67}} After slaying the pit fighter [[Khrazz]] in the [[Heart (Great Pyramid)|heart]] of the [[Great Pyramid]] Ser [[Barristan Selmy]] finds Daenerys’s husband, Hizdahr zo Loraq, Fourteenth of His Noble Name, hiding behind one of these tapestries, whimpering, begging to be spared. 
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At the [[Gates of the Moon]], Lord [[Nestor Royce]] shows Lady [[House Waxley|Waxley]] his prize tapestries which had belonged to King Robert and had been given to him by Lord Baelish.<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]</ref>
  
 
==Quotes==  
 
==Quotes==  
{{Quote|He went but left his world behind.{{ref|aDwD|16}}}} - [[Daenerys Targaryen]]’s thoughts after [[Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] leaves her presence and neglects to take his family’s ancient tapestry map of the world with him
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{{Quote|'''Amerei''': [[Brotherhood without banners|Outlaws]] killed him. [[Merrett Frey|Father]] had only gone out to ransom [[Petyr Frey|Petyr Pimple]]. He brought them the gold they asked for, but they hung him anyway.<br>
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'''Mariya''': Hanged, Ami. Your father was not a tapestry.{{Ref|aFfC|30}}|[[Amerei Frey]] and [[Mariya Darry]]}}
  
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==References==
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{{References}}
  
{{Quote|'''Amerei''': [[Brotherhood without banners|Outlaws]] killed him. [[Merrett Frey|Father]] had only gone out to ransom [[Petyr Frey|Petyr Pimple]]. He brought them the gold they asked for, but they hung him anyway.<br>
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[[Category:Culture]]
'''Mariya''': Hanged, Ami. Your father was not a tapestry.{{ref|aFfC|30}}}} - [[Amerei Frey]] and [[Mariya Darry]]
 
 
 
==References and Notes==
 
{{references}}
 

Latest revision as of 13:29, 9 July 2022

A tapestry hangs on the wall behind Grand Maester Pycelle, by Tiziano Baracchi © Fantasy Flight Games

Tapestry is a form of textile art in Westeros and Essos.

Design

Tapestry is a heavy woven textile with intricate designs suitable for wall-hangings. Presumably, it is traditionally woven on a vertical, or floor loom, as it is in our world. It is likely that the tapestry weavers use fabric such as linen or cotton or wool. Threads may include silk, gold, silver,[1] and perhaps other alternatives. Some tapestries are ancient and considered priceless.[2] Old tapestries can unravel.[3]

Tapestries can be ornate, depicting the stories of great battles, events, or famous people, for example. Westerosi noble houses have tapestries portraying their family histories that remain in their families for generations,[4] hence some of them having a worn appearance. Many tapestries are likely considered treasured family heirlooms. They are also useful ways of paying homage to and remembering prideful histories down the generations. A tapestry may depict people, events, or times that are now out of favor under the current regime. In that case the important but offending tapestry can merely be stored away if need be, instead of having to be destroyed.[5] Unlike murals or other fixed forms of art tapestries are not tied to the architecture, a tapestry may be removed from a wall and rolled up for transport to another location, or storage.[6][7]

The Free Cities are known for their tapestry making, including in Lys,[8] Myr,[9] Norvos,[8] and Qohor.[8] The artisans of Myr are especially famed for their fine work.[10] The tapestries of Qohor, created primarily by women and children, are seen as the equal of those of Myr, although less expensive.[11] Tapestries are distributed throughout the narrow sea by merchants on trading galleys.[12]

Culture

Two tapestries behind Eddard Stark, by Joshua Cairós © Fantasy Flight Games

The throne room of the Red Keep is decorated with tapestries depicting hunting and battle,[13] and tapestries from Lys, Norvos, and Qohor decorate the chambers of the small council.[8] The gloomy halls of the castle have faded tapestries.[14] The walls of White Sword Tower are hung with white woolen tapestries.[15] Tapestries also hang in the castle's bedchambers.[16]

The Eyrie is decorated with tapestries, including a dozen splendid tapestries in an arcade.[7]

A tapestry at Old Oak depicts Lord Edgerran Oakheart sitting with the heads of a hundred Dornishmen piled around his feet. The castle also has tapestries depicting Ser Olyvar Oakheart, dying beside King Daeron I Targaryen in Dorne, and Alester Oakheart in the Prince's Pass, blowing a warhorn.[4]

The solar of Lord Tytos Blackwood at Raventree Hall has woolen tapestries.[17]

House Connington has faded tapestries on the walls of the great hall at Griffin's Roost.[18]

Wool tapestries of fruits and flowers are located in Ashford Castle.[19]

The audience chamber at Coldmoat has tapestries depicting tourney scenes and battles.[20]

Tapestries are on the walls of the Hermit's Hole at the Quiet Isle.[21]

Archmaester Marwyn has faded tapestries in his chambers at the Ravenry.[22]

History

According to legend, the Grey King's Hall had been warmed by Nagga's living fire and on the walls hung tapestries made of silver seaweed.[23]

Queen Alysanne Targaryen bought tapestries and murals from the Free Cities to decorate the Red Keep.[9]

Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield stole coins which Ser Eustace Osgrey had hidden behind a mildewed tapestry at Standfast.[20]

King Robert I Baratheon replaced the skulls of the Targaryen dragons in the Red Keep's throne room with hunting tapestries vivid with greens, browns, and blues.[24][25]

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

King Robert I Baratheon's hunting tapestries in the Red Keep's throne room are taken down after his death.[26]

A Feast for Crows

Ser Arys Oakheart recalls the tapestries at Old Oak.[4] While discretely meeting Princess Arianne Martell in the shadow city of Sunspear, Arys sees a tapestry of Nymeria and her ten thousand ships.[4]

After the taking of the Shields, Lucas Codd and Quellon Humble tear Lord Humfrey Hewett's tapestries from his hall's wall to serve as cloaks.[27]

Queen Regent Cersei Lannister mentions that she received a letter from Petyr Baelish beseeching her to ship him some old tapestries of Robert's.[6] Later Petyr mentions to Sansa Stark that Cersei is sending him some splendid tapestries.[7]

While traveling to the siege of Riverrun, Jaime stops at Castle Darry. He recalls that when Robert's entourage had traveled north to offer the position of Hand of the King to Lord Eddard Stark at Winterfell, they had stayed at Darry both en route and returning. On the northbound stop, Tyrion Lannister had discovered tapestries depicting all of the kings from House Targaryen, from Aegon I to Aerys II, hidden in the cellar. Tyrion joked that Robert would have made him Lord of Darry if he had revealed their existence to the king, as the Targaryens had been overthrown in Robert's Rebellion.[5] Jaime observes that the castle's walls are still bare after it has been given to his disinterested cousin, Lord Lancel Lannister.[5]

A Dance with Dragons

While visiting Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen, the merchant prince Xaro Xhoan Daxos gifts her with a beautiful tapestry of Essos that has been in his family vaults since before the Doom of Valyria. Xaro uses it in his attempt to persuade her to abandon Meereen and travel by sea to Westeros.[1] Freedwomen give Daenerys a tapestry which she hangs over her bed.[28]

The chambers of King Hizdahr zo Loraq within Meereen's Great Pyramid are decorated with priceless tapestries depicting the glory of the Old Empire of Ghis. The largest shows the last survivors of a defeated Valyrian army passing beneath the yoke and being chained.[2] After slaying the pit fighter Khrazz, Ser Barristan Selmy finds Hizdahr hiding behind one of these tapestries, begging to be spared.[2]

The Winds of Winter

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At the Gates of the Moon, Lord Nestor Royce shows Lady Waxley his prize tapestries which had belonged to King Robert and had been given to him by Lord Baelish.[29]

Quotes

Amerei: Outlaws killed him. Father had only gone out to ransom Petyr Pimple. He brought them the gold they asked for, but they hung him anyway.
Mariya: Hanged, Ami. Your father was not a tapestry.[5]

References