



It is my greatest desire that some video game midi music play in the background while this is displayed.
Are there other examples of 16th century Switzerland textiles with bitmap art? I’m googling: Switzerland 16th century textile
Google is not a very good search engine for finding 16th century Switzerland textiles. Is there a better search engine for browsing art like this? The Art Institute of Chicago’s website has some nice parameters. You can look through textiles from 1650 to 1700.
I found some another textile on the Art Institute’s website that look like bitmap art.

(edging: 20th century)
One of the great things about needlework tapestries is that sometimes they can look like bitmap video game art. Correction—this needlework looks like something on an e-ink Kindle device. Or maybe a Tamagotchi. Can you feed this horse (or camel) to keep it alive?
I should ask the Art Institute if there are more 16th century Switzerland textiles that look like bitmap video game art
I found a couple experts in the Textile Department of the Art Institute of Chicago:
- Melinda Watt, Chair of Textiles. She’s also on Instagram.
- Erica Warren, Assistant Curator, Department of Textiles. She has a website, ericawarrenphd.com