Rare Tudor tapestry returns to Norfolk stately home Oxburgh Hall after 100 years

A Tudor tapestry of Queen Esther, who features in the Old Testament Book of Esther, and once adorned the walls of The Kings Room at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk - (PA)

A Tudor tapestry that was reluctantly sold to an art dealer in 1924 to help fund the running of a Norfolk estate has been returned to its historic home after it was spotted by a National Trust worker.

The artwork depicts Queen Esther, who features in the Old Testament Book Of Esther, and once adorned the walls of The King’s Room at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk.It was sold, alongside six others, in 1924 to a French art dealer based in Paris and New York and was taken by ocean liner to New York.