100 years ago, excavations of the Oseberg Viking ship grave was carried out. The finds, including a surprisingly well kept Viking ship, made headlines all over the world. The Oseberg Queen was buried in her gracefully decorated ship in 834 A.D.

Among the artefacts found in the Oseberg viking ship grave were fragments of woven textiles. Even though the fragments, on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, are in poor condition after nearly 1200 years in the ground, they represent some of the few surviving from early viking age.

A reproduced tapestry, approximately 45 x 95 cm, is designed in cooperation with the Viking Ship Museum’s archaeologists and shows selected elements from the originals. It shows a procession of people and horses, riding and walking men and women. The tapestry is complemented by a description (in English and Norwegian) by the Viking Ship Museum and a picture of a piece of the original fragments.

The Oseberg tapestry is the result of a cooperation with the Viking Ship Museum which ensures a perception of the origial's impressive art and craftmanship. The Oseberg tapestry represents the entrance to the rich Viking art and introduces us to the art world of the early Viking times, quite different from the late Viking period represented by the Bayeux tapestry from about 1100 AD.