Information and IdeasVery hardEvidence for a claim about a tapestry's origin
Information and Ideas practice question
A historian argues that a tapestry long thought to have been woven in Flanders was in fact made in England.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. The tapestry's wool is dyed with a plant that grew only in England at the time, and its weave shows a knot used by English workshops and never recorded in Flemish ones.Correct
- B. The tapestry depicts an English king.
- C. Many tapestries of the period were woven in Flanders.
- D. The tapestry was found in an English house.
Answer: A. The tapestry's wool is dyed with a plant that grew only in England at the time, and its weave shows a knot used by English workshops and never recorded in Flemish ones.
English dye and an English knot.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The tapestry depicts an English king.
- Subject does not fix the workshop.
- C. Many tapestries of the period were woven in Flanders.
- Supports Flanders, if anything.
- D. The tapestry was found in an English house.
- Tapestries travel.
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