A leading art history expert who is one of the few people to have studied the Bayeux Tapestry up close has warned that its “extremely fragile” condition makes it “not worth” the risk of moving it to the British Museum.
Professor Shirley Ann Brown, who has spent decades researching the priceless 11th-century artwork, told The Independent her experience surveying the relic has left her convinced that the risks of transporting it to London from its home in Normandy, France, outweigh any rewards.
