 Tapestry weaver Marilyn Rea-Menzies in her home studio in Westport, New Zealand. Image by Mike Dickison, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 4.0 |
TapestryTapestry Tapestry Form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom This article is about the textile art. For other uses, see Tapestry (disambiguation). Tapestry is a form of textile art which was traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to hang vertically on a wall (or sometimes in tents), or sometimes horizontally over a piece of furniture such as a table or bed. Some periods made smaller pieces, often long and narrow and used as borders for other textiles. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen, or cotton. The weft… (Source: Wikipedia)
|
