Definition of Tapestry. Meaning of Tapestry. Synonyms of Tapestry

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Definition of Tapestry

Tapestry
Tapestry Tap"es*try, n.; pl. Tapestries. [F. tapissere, fr. tapisser to carpet, to hang, or cover with tapestry, fr. tapis a carpet, carpeting, LL. tapecius, fr. L. tapete carpet, tapestry, Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Tapis, Tippet.] A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery. Tapestry carpet, a kind of carpet, somewhat resembling Brussels, in which the warp is printed before weaving, so as to produce the figure in the cloth. Tapestry moth. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Carpet moth, under Carpet.
Tapestry
Tapestry Tap"es*try, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tapestried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tapestrying.] To adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry. The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Tapestry from wikipedia

- Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively...
- The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70-metre (230-foot) long and 50-centimetre (20-inch) tall that depicts the events leading up to the...
- Look up tapestry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tapestry is a form of woven textile art. Tapestry or tapestries may also refer to: Tapestry (DHT),...
- Tapestry, Inc. is an American multinational fashion holding company. It is based in New York City and is the parent company of three major brands: Coach...
- Tapestry is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Carole King. Produced by Lou Adler, it was released on February 10, 1971, by Ode...
- The Unicorn Tapestries or the Hunt of the Unicorn (French: La Ch****e à la licorne) is a series of seven tapestries made in the South Netherlands around...
- a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco, tapestry, or stained gl**** window. In the 19th century, beginning in Punch magazine...
- The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382. It...
- (French: La Dame à la licorne) is the modern title given to a series of six tapestries created in the style of mille-fleurs ("thousand flowers") and woven in...
- Bayeux Tapestry tituli are Medieval Latin captions that are embroidered on the Bayeux Tapestry and describe scenes portra**** on the tapestry. These depict...