How did the Bayeux Tapestry survive?
Like so many of our treasured artifacts, The Bayeux Tapestry has survived through luck and the hard work of a few individuals. Following the wall hanging's construction in the decade following the battle it was transported to Bayeux. The Bayeux Tapestry remained within the Cathedral walls for the next 400 years. Little is known or interest shown for the wall hanging for almost another 300 years. The Bayeux tapestry remained in the Cathedral. In 1792 the seeds of civil war had been sown and the Bayeux Tapestry was in peril. The people of Bayeux now fighting for the Republic used cloth to cover their wagons. There was a shortage of cloth until somebody remembered the wall hanging in the cathedral. The Bayeux tapestry was removed and used to cover a wagon. Lambert Leonard Leforestier saw what was happening and he replaced the Bayeux Tapestry with other cloth. The people of Bayeux, determined never to allow this to happen again and the city council set up a fine arts council to protect its treasures, including the Bayeux tapestry.
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