Winter may be coming but this huge tapestry in France illustrating the events of HBO’s Game of Thrones just set our hearts on fire.
The almost 90-metre long tapestry was created in Northern Ireland – one of the principal filming locations for the hit series – and is currently located in Bayeux, in the the Normandy region of France.
Around 30 stitchers worked for about 1,500 hours on the 87-meter stretch of fine linen, which begins with King Robert Baratheon visiting the Starks in Winterfell and ends in fire and blood with the final, controversial, scenes of the eighth season.
Chief project embroiderer Valerie Wilson said depicting all the gore in the show using jacquard threadwork was no easy feat.
Wilson said it ‘references the Bayeux tapestry stylistically and in terms of some of the motifs that have been used and the way that the story unrolls in a linear fashion.’
We are reeling just thinking about how much red thread went into show the blood spilt at The Red Wedding.
Did we mention it is HUGE?!
The GOT tapestry was actually inspired by a medieval Bayeaux tapestry which recounted another bloody battle – the invasion of England by William the Conquerer.
The original eleventh century tapestry – recognised by UNESCO as a treasure – is located in a museum just down the road from where the GOT tapestry is on display at the Hotel du Doyen and they form neighbouring exhibitions in the historic town.
‘The two tapestries also address a common theme,’ said Antoine Verney, chief curator of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum. ‘It’s whether we can justify violence to claim power.’
The GOT tapestry was originally 66 metres long when it was first unveiled in 2017 at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
After the conclusion of the eighth and final season it was extended to reflect that season’s six episodes.
Each panel is about 11 metres in length and every scene is incredibly detailed – one even includes the controversial Starbucks coffee cup that accidentally appeared in a final shot of the show.
*Italian chef kiss*
While the fantasy series may have ended the GOT farewell tour isn’t over, because of course.
The award-winning cast are set to reunite to present at the 2019 Emmys on September 22.
You can see the Game of Thrones tapestry for yourself in Bayeux from September 13 until December 31 at France’s Hotel du Doyen.
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