tapestry making

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• Tapestry — is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a vertical loom. It is weft faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. In this way …   Wikipedia

• tapestry — tapestrylike, adj. /tap euh stree/, n., pl. tapestries, v., tapestried, tapestrying. n. 1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture… …   Universalium

• Tapestry — • A fabric in which the two processes of weaving and embroidering are combined Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Tapestry     Tapestry      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Tapestry —    The preeminent luxury industry in Brussels in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, tapestry weaving began early in the 14th century. First affiliated with the woolworkers guild, tapestry weavers formed an independent guild in 1447. The… …   Historical Dictionary of Brussels

• Bayeux Tapestry — The Bayeux Tapestry ( fr. Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth which explains the events leading up to the 1066 Norman invasion of England as well as the events of the invasion itself. The Tapestry is… …   Wikipedia

• New World Tapestry — The New World Tapestry is the largest stitched embroidery in the world,[1] larger than the Bayeux Tapestry. It depicts English colonisation attempts in Newfoundland, North America, the Guyanas and Bermuda between the years 1583 and 1642, when the …   Wikipedia

• Beauvais tapestry — The Beauvais tapestry manufacture was the second in importance, after the Gobelins tapestry, of French tapestry workshops that were established under the general direction of Jean Baptiste Colbert, the finance minister of Louis XIV. Whereas the… …   Wikipedia

• Rug making — is an ancient craft, and covers a variety of techniques. BraidedBraided rugs are made by using three or more strips of fabric, usually wool, folding the raw edges to the middle and braiding them together. For an oval rug the center braid should… …   Wikipedia

• CRAFTS — In the Bible Genesis 4:2, 17, 20–22 describes Cain and four of his descendants as the first to engage in crafts. Cain worked the land, Enoch engaged in building, Jubal, in music, Jabal (like Abel) was a shepherd, and Tubal Cain worked with metals …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Thiès — Infobox Settlement official name = PAGENAME other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = Thies city centre flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem =… …   Wikipedia

• Oudenaarde — ▪ Belgium (Flemish),French  Audenarde,         municipality, East Flanders province, west central Belgium. It lies along the Scheldt (Schelde) River south of Ghent. A prosperous tapestry making centre in the Middle Ages, its industry declined in… …   Universalium