{"id":1987,"date":"2023-04-26T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leopoldhoteloudenaarde.com\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T11:34:21","slug":"wandtapijten-oudenaarde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leopoldhoteloudenaarde.com\/nl\/blog\/wandtapijten-oudenaarde","title":{"rendered":"De wandtapijten van Oudenaarde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1987\" class=\"elementor elementor-1987\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45033ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45033ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6f58c9\" data-id=\"a6f58c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d1e10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70d1e10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"616\">Ooit waren wandtapijten het belangrijkste exportproduct van Vlaanderen. Steden als Brussel, Antwerpen, Enghien en vooral Oudenaarde waren toonaangevend in het ontwerpen en produceren van deze kunstwerken. In Oudenaarde was de textielindustrie zelfs zo belangrijk dat tot de helft van de bevolking er direct of indirect van afhankelijk was. De wandtapijten getuigen van het vakmanschap, de creativiteit en het doorzettingsvermogen van generaties ambachtslieden.<\/p><p>Op slechts vijf minuten wandelen van Leopold Hotel Oudenaarde vind je het MOU \u2013 Museum van Oudenaarde en de Vlaamse Ardennen, waar je enkele van deze indrukwekkende tapijten van dichtbij kunt bewonderen. Het museum huisvest ook een restauratieatelier, dat op bepaalde dagen open is voor bezoekers. Maak tijdens je verblijf in Oudenaarde zeker tijd vrij om deze rijke geschiedenis en het vakmanschap van vroeger te ontdekken. Het is een unieke blik op een bijzonder stukje Vlaams erfgoed.<\/p><h2>Wat is een wandtapijt?<\/h2><p>Een wandtapijt is een vorm van textielkunst waarbij horizontale en verticale draden worden verweven tot kleurrijke taferelen en decoratieve motieven. Dit ambachtelijke proces duurde vaak jaren en vereiste veel vaardigheid en geduld. Vooral in de periode van de 14e tot de 18e eeuw beleefde de productie van wandtapijten in Europa haar hoogtepunt.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"656\">De Oudenaardse wandtapijten staan wereldwijd bekend om hun uitzonderlijke kwaliteit en stijl. De zogenoemde \"verdures\", tapijten met groene landschappen en natuurmotieven, zijn een herkenbaar en geliefd voorbeeld van het Oudenaardse vakmanschap.<\/p><h2>Wandtapijten over de hele wereld<\/h2><p>Wandtapijten zijn niet alleen een Europees erfgoed \u2013 over de hele wereld en doorheen de geschiedenis zijn ze op diverse manieren gebruikt. In het oude Egypte en bij de Inca\u2019s werden geweven tapijten bijvoorbeeld ingezet als lijkwaden om de overledenen in te begraven. De oude Grieken en Romeinen gebruikten ze als decoratie in openbare gebouwen en tempels, waaronder het Parthenon.<\/p><p>Tijdens de middeleeuwen sierden wandtapijten de muren van kastelen en paleizen. Ze dienden niet alleen als versiering, maar hielpen ook om tochtige stenen muren te isoleren.<\/p><p>Een van de beroemdste wandtapijten ter wereld is zonder twijfel het Tapijt van Bayeux. Dit unieke meesterwerk uit de 11<sup>e<\/sup> eeuw vertelt op indrukwekkende wijze het verhaal van de Normandische verovering van Engeland in 1066, onder leiding van Willem de Veroveraar. Het tapijt is ongeveer 70 meter lang en waarschijnlijk gemaakt in opdracht van bisschop Odo, Willems halfbroer, ter gelegenheid van de inwijding van zijn kathedraal in Bayeux in 1077. Vandaag de dag is het tapijt te bewonderen in het Bayeux Museum in Frankrijk.<\/p><h2>Het MOU: Museum van Oudenaarde<\/h2><p class=\"\" data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"989\">In het stadhuis van Oudenaarde bevindt zich vandaag het MOU, het stadsmuseum dat een prachtig overzicht biedt van de rijke geschiedenis van de stad en haar wandtapijten. De museumroute neemt je mee langs de hoogtijdagen van de textielambacht en toont de rol van Oudenaarde als internationaal centrum van tapijtweverij.<\/p><p class=\"\" data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1266\">Het MOU bezit een indrukwekkende collectie van 37 wandtapijten, waarvan er 18 permanent tentoongesteld worden. In 2019 werd de collectie verrijkt met een bijzonder werk uit de 16e eeuw: een tapijt uit de reeks 'De geschiedenis van Alexander', teruggehaald uit New York na een internationale veiling.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1300\"><strong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1300\">Bezoek het Restauratieatelier<\/strong><\/h3><p class=\"\" data-start=\"1302\" data-end=\"1567\">Op dinsdag- en donderdagmiddag kunnen bezoekers een uniek kijkje nemen in het conserverings- en restauratieatelier van het MOU. Hier zie je hoe deze eeuwenoude kunstwerken met zorg en precisie worden hersteld, zodat ze bewaard blijven voor toekomstige generaties.<\/p><h2 data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1588\"><strong data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1588\">Plan je Bezoek aan Oudenaarde<\/strong><\/h2><p>Boek een verblijf in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leopoldhoteloudenaarde.com\/nl\/kamers\/\">Leopold Hotel Oudenaarde<\/a> en ontdek zelf deze prachtige stukjes geschiedenis van onze stad. Onze best beschikbare tarieven en toegang tot onze speciale aanbiedingen zijn exclusief beschikbaar wanneer u boekt bij ons team of op onze website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, tapestries were Flanders\u2019 most important export product. Cities like Brussels, Antwerp, Enghien, and especially Oudenaarde were at the forefront of designing and producing these works of art. In Oudenaarde, the textile industry was so vital that up to half the population depended on it, either directly or indirectly. 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