Editing Bayeux Tapestry (section)

== Replicas and continuations ==
[[File:Bayeux Tapestry replica in Reading Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Start of the Bayeux Tapestry replica in [[Reading Museum]], Berkshire]]
A number of replicas of the Bayeux Tapestry have been created, in various media.

*Through the collaboration of [[William Morris]] with textile manufacturer [[Thomas Wardle (industrialist)|Thomas Wardle]], Wardle's wife [[Elizabeth Wardle|Elizabeth]], who was an accomplished seamstress, embarked on creating a reproduction in 1885.<ref name=hicks /> She organised some 37 women in her [[Leek Embroidery Society|Leek School of Art Embroidery]] to collaborate working from a full-scale water-colour facsimile drawing provided by the [[South Kensington Museum]]. The full-size replica was finished in 1886 and is now exhibited in [[Reading Museum]] in [[Reading, Berkshire]], England.<ref name=reading>{{cite web|title=Britain's Bayeux Tapestry at the Museum of Reading|url=http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/|access-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719042215/http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/|archive-date=19 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-03|title=Bayeux Gallery|url=https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/permanent-galleries/bayeux-gallery|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Reading Museum|language=en}}</ref> The naked figure in the original tapestry (in the border below the Ælfgyva figure) is depicted wearing a brief garment because the drawing which was worked from was similarly [[bowdlerised]].<ref name=hicks /> The replica was digitised and made available online in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-22|title=Britain's Bayeux Tapestry|url=https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/britains-bayeux-tapestry|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Reading Museum|language=en}}</ref> 
*Ray Dugan of [[University of Waterloo]], [[Ontario]], Canada, completed a stitched replica in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dugansbayeuxtapestry.com/ |title=Ray Dugan's Bayeux Tapestry |publisher=Dugansbayeuxtapestry.com |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref> Since its completion, it has been displayed in various museums and galleries in Canada and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=2346 |title=Bayeux Tapestry, topic of seminar |publisher=Newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca |date=15 March 2001 |access-date=30 April 2012}}</ref>
*In 2000, a Danish association, Vikingegruppen [[Lindholm Høje]], began making a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry using the original sewing techniques.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/artikel/55906:Historie--Vikingerne-kommer?all=1 |title=Vikingerne kommer!|trans-title=The Vikings Are Coming!|date=30 November 2005|publisher=Kristeligt Dagblad|language=da}}</ref> The replica was completed in June 2014 and went on permanent exhibition at [[Børglum Abbey]] in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://politiken.dk/rejser/nyheder/ferieidanmark/art5635000/Nu-h%C3%A6nger-Bayeux-tapetet-i-en-hestestald-i-Vendsyssel |title=Nu hænger Bayeux-tapetet i en hestestald i Vendsyssel |trans-title=The "Bayeux tapestry" displayed in a horse stable in North Jutland|publisher=[[Politiken]] |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>
*Dr. E. D. Wheeler, former judge and former dean at [[Oglethorpe University]], commissioned a hand-painted, full-size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry completed by Margaret ReVille and donated it to the [[University of West Georgia]] in [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]] in 1994. In 2014, the replica was acquired by the [[University of North Georgia]] in [[Dahlonega, Georgia|Dahlonega]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History center to display Bayeux Tapestry replica |url=https://ung.edu/news/articles/2015/09/history-center-to-display-bayeux-tapestry-replica.php |website=University of North Georgia |access-date=24 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:1066 Medieval Mosaic (Bayeux Tapestry) sections.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Sections of the 1066 Medieval Mosaic re-creation in New Zealand]]
*An approximately half-scale mosaic version of the Bayeux Tapestry was formerly on display at [[Geraldine, New Zealand]].<ref name=linton>{{cite web|last=Linton|first=Michael |title=The Medieval Mosaic The Recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry, as a 34 metre Medieval Mosaic Masterpiece.|url=http://www.1066.co.nz/ |access-date=17 August 2011| archive-url= http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160216014429/http://www.1066.co.nz/| archive-date= 16 February 2016 | url-status= live}}</ref> It was made up of 1.5&nbsp;million 7&nbsp;mm<sup>2</sup> pieces of spring steel—off-cuts from patterning disks of knitting machines—and was created by Michael Linton over a period of twenty years from 1979. The work was in 32 sections, and included a hypothetical reconstruction of the missing final section leading up to William the Conqueror's coronation at [[Westminster Abbey]] on Christmas Day, 1066.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1066.co.nz/mosaic/mosaic.htm |title=A Medieval Mosaic (Medieval Mosaic) |publisher=1066 |access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
*Jason Welch, a woodcarver from [[North Creake]], Norfolk, England, created a replica of the tapestry between 2011 and 2014 in carved and painted wooden relief on 25 five-foot planks. He undertook the project to help cope with the grief of losing his 18-year-old son.<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Lazzari |title=Photo gallery: Norfolk man creates a 135ft wooden version of the Bayeux Tapestry to help cope with his son's death |work=Dereham Times |date=14 January 2014 |url=https://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/news/photo-gallery-norfolk-man-creates-a-135ft-wooden-version-of-the-bayeux-tapestry-to-help-cope-with-his-son-s-death-1-3206222 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
*Mia Hansson, from [[Skanör]], Sweden, living in [[Wisbech]], [[Isle of Ely]], [[Cambridgeshire]], started a reproduction on 13 July 2016.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Fens|page= 20|year= 2022|title= Fenland's Bayeux Tapestry|issue= 49|last= Monger|first= Garry}}</ref> {{As of|May 2023}} she had completed 40 metres, saying that she expected to finish in some 4 years. Hansson takes part of her replica out for talk and display events. In September 2020 she published ''Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Colouring Book'', with hand-drawn images from the tapestry.<ref>{{cite book |first=Mia |last=Hansson |title=Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Colouring Book |publisher=Eyrie Press |location=March |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-913149-11-6 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1139246322780314/ |title=Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Story |last=Hansson |first=Mia |website=Facebook |access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>
*In January 2024, the Bayeux Museum acquired a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] replica of the Bayeux tapestry as part of the late [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] drummer [[Charlie Watts]]'s estate auction, purchased for £16,000. The replica, one of three known surviving Victorian copies, was originally created as a panoramic photograph in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=2024-01-29 |title=Bayeux Museum lands 1872 reproduction of tapestry from Rolling Stone's estate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/29/bayeux-museum-lands-19th-century-reproduction-of-tapestry-for-16000 |access-date=2024-01-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*A version of the tapestry made entirely in [[needle lace]] was created as a table runner. It is over 30 feet long and four feet wide and it is stored in the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] archives.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Karen H. |date=2012-09-20 |title=The Bayeux Tapestry at the Smithsonian? Yes, but who made it, when, where and why? |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/09/the-bayeux-tapestry-at-the-smithsonian-yes-but-who-made-it-when-where-and-why.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707011442/https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/09/the-bayeux-tapestry-at-the-smithsonian-yes-but-who-made-it-when-where-and-why.html |archive-date=2024-07-07 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=[[National Museum of American History]]}}</ref> The origins and creators of this large piece were unknown for many years, but new information connected the work to the company Melville & Ziffer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Record Bayeux Tapestry Motifs Needle Lace Runner {{!}} Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution |url=https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_650216 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=collections.si.edu}}</ref> The work was displayed at a Paris exhibition in 1906.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Union centrale des arts décoratifs, Paris. Exposition |url=https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b13982476 |title=Les grandes collections de dentelles anciennes et modernes, exposées au Pavillon de Marsan |publisher=Charles Schmid |year=1906 |location=Paris |language=French}}</ref>

Other modern artists have attempted to complete the work by creating panels depicting subsequent events up to William's coronation, though the actual content of the missing panels is unknown. In 1997, the embroidery artist Jan Messent completed a reconstruction showing William accepting the surrender of English nobles at [[Berkhamsted]] (''Beorcham''), Hertfordshire, and his coronation.<ref name=berko-history>{{cite web|title=Berkhamsted Castle|url= http://www.rollitt.co.uk/Local-History.html |work=Berkhamsted Local History Society|access-date=9 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=berko-castle>{{cite web |title=Invasion of England, Submission to William |url=http://www.berkhamsted-castle.org.uk/BOARDS1.pdf |work=Castle Panels |publisher=Berkhamsted Castle |access-date=9 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708071619/http://www.berkhamsted-castle.org.uk/BOARDS1.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2011 |df=dmy }} (discussed in {{cite web |url=http://www.berkhamsted-castle.org.uk/Panels.htm |title=Castle Panels |year=2014 |access-date=11 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219073331/http://www.berkhamsted-castle.org.uk/Panels.htm |archive-date=19 February 2014 |df=dmy }})</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Messant|first=Jan|title=Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers' Story|publisher=Madeira Threads |location=Thirsk |year=1999|page=112|isbn=978-0-9516348-5-1}}</ref> In early 2013, 416 residents of [[Alderney]] in the [[Channel Islands]] finished a continuation including William's coronation and the building of the [[Tower of London]].<ref name=bbc-alderney>{{cite news|title=Bayeux Tapestry ending made in Alderney|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-21390820 |newspaper=BBC News|date=9 February 2013}}</ref>