Mountmellick hosts Quaker Tapestry

The Quaker Tapestry returns to Ireland for the first time in over twenty years

The Quaker Tapestry has returned to Ireland for the first time in more than twenty years.  The Mountmellick Museum in County Laois is hosting a display of twenty panels from the Tapestry from 27 July to 10 August. The Tapestry will be exhibited alongside the world renowned ‘white-on-white’ Mountmellick embroidery on display in the museum.

Mountmellick embroidery is unique as it is the only form of embroidery from the nineteenth century that can claim to be entirely Irish in origin and design.

Mountmellick has a rich Quaker heritage. The first Quaker families settled in the area in 1659.

Audio visual presentations will show the Quaker influence on the industrial and cultural development of this ancient town, particularly through the famine years.

During the famine, a local Friend started an industrial association and employed women to stitch Mountmellick embroidery for sale.

Mountmellick embroidery workshops and Quaker Tapestry demonstrations will also be available throughout the exhibition.

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