Nineteen extraordinarily large Renaissance tapestries adorn the walls of Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry. These pieces, measuring between twelve and thirty feet in length, weigh an average of one hundred pounds, and they took two weeks to install in the exhibition gallery. During the Renaissance, large tapestries hung from metal hooks and ropes, but today, with an eye toward preserving and protecting these delicate pieces, the Museum's Department of Textile Conservation utilises a special hanging method that minimises the risk of damage to the tapestries. The video in the article captures the process of hanging the Gluttony tapestry (one piece from a seven-piece series depicting the Seven Deadly Sins, designed by Pieter Coecke around 1532–34).

Click the link to see the video and the photos documenting the moving of the tapestries into the museum. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/grand-design/blog/posts/hanging-the-tapestries