HALI 2009 Textiles for the wealthy, then and now
Dewitt Mallery reviews the Franses New York exhibition, Tudor & Stuart Textiles 1485 – 1688 with its newly discovered Elizabethan tapestry
DAILY MAIL 2007 Going for a million, a prime stitch in time
How a century-old catalogue led art detective Simon Franses to a forgotten tapestry that turned out to be an Elizabethan gem
LONDON EVENING STANDARD 2007 The forgotten tapestry that turned out to be an Elizabethan gem
A supposedly Italian tapestry bought by Elsie de Wolfe for the Crocker family of San Francisco is revealed to be an English weaving
THE TELEGRAPH 2007 Tapestry reveals Tudor country idyll
Arts correspondent Nigel Reynolds reports on the re-discovery of an important Elizabethan tapestry
THE GUARDIAN 2011 Embroideries ‘worth millions’ found during London house clearance
The High Court rules that S Franses Ltd should be paid for research carried out on two medieval embroideries
ANTIQUES TRADE GAZETTE 2009 Royal stand-in set to be star
David Moss reviews the Franses London Gallery exhibition, Tudor & Stuart Textiles 1485 – 1688 and its new exhibit, a royal renaissance tapestry that has replaced the Crocker Elizabethan tapestry now on reserve to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
HALI 2007 Dutch Baroque
Helen Wyld of The National Trust reviews for HALI the Franses Gallery New York exhibition, Dutch Tapestry in the Golden Age 1590 –1650
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2007 Legends of the Loom
Wendy Moonan of The New York Times reviews the Franses New York Gallery exhibition, Dutch Tapestry in the Golden Age: 1590 – 1650
THE NEW YORK TIMES 2007 Chinoiserie Exhibition Review
Wendy Moonan reviews the Franses New York Gallery exhibition, Chinoiserie: European Tapestry and Needlework 1680 – 1780
FINANCIAL TIMES 2007 A Wonderful Way with a Wall
Chinoiserie: European Tapestry and Needlework 1680 – 1780
THE WORLD OF FINE WINE 2007 Tapestries and Fine Wine
Sara Basra talks to Simon Franses
HALI 2005 Forests of the Mind
Giant Leaf Tapestries of the Renaissance 1500 – 1600
VERANDA 2008 Timeless Tapestries
Malcolm Cossons of Sotheby's explores the growing appreciation for historic tapestries and talks to Simon Franses