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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

UK museum in urgent appeal for funds to finish repairs on 17th-century naval tapestry

Detail from the tapestry showing ships in flames, smaller vessels and debris in the water
A detail from the silk and wool tapestry, which was commissioned by Charles II to commemorate the Battle of Solebay in 1672. Photograph: Zenzie Tinker Conservation

A monumental masterpiece depicting a 17th-century naval battle in silk and wool that is so fragile it has not been seen in public for 22 years is the subject of an urgent crowdfunding appeal to complete its delicate conservation.

Royal Museums Greenwich needs to raise an extra £15,000 from the public in the next 28 days to save the tapestry, which was commissioned by Charles II and designed by the father and son team Willem van de Velde the Elder and Younger.

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