Tapestry Articles Overview

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• Wall tapestries: A popular choice for home décor
  Why buy a tapestry? See why wall tapestries are becoming a popular home décor choice.
• What we sell
  Details on our products, finishing and quality control.
• Jacquard Weaving
  A brief outline of the type of tapestries we sell, and the story behind the invention of the Jacquard loom.
• Hanging your tapestry
  Advice on how best to display tapestries.
• Caring for your tapestry
  Useful advice on caring for tapestries.
• Tapestries: An Introduction
  A brief look at the history of Tapestries
• Tapestry: The Origins
  The subjects of the earliest tapestries of Western civilisation which we possess are not courts of chivalry and other profane splendour.
• William Morris Tapestries
  William Morris (1834-1896) was an Englishman of many talents; an artist, writer and textile design being among them.
• Tapestry - Welcome To The World Of Colour
  For literally eons, Tapestry Art has been created within many cultures around the globe.
• Tapestry - From Homer to Home Décor
  Tapestries have decorated homes since the ancient Greeks, when the most affluent members of society would adorn their walls with these intricate hand woven displays.
• Tapestry Maps - The World At Your Fingertips
  Many modern Tapestry Maps are based on ancient maps and are, most definitely, considered works of art.
• Tapestry Art - Beautiful Baroque
  Scenery and landscapes have always been highly popular subjects for Tapestry Art.
• Tapestry Art - Verdure Tapestries
  It is not entirely certain where ‘Verdure Tapestries’ were first produced. However, it is known that by the sixteenth century, they had become a recognized Tapestry Art form.
• Contemporary Fine Art Tapestries
  Contemporary Fine Art Tapestries offer homeowners a wonderful combination of the past and present. Indeed, contemporary designs are highly popular and there are a vast selection of these Tapestries available.
• Medieval Tapestries
  Medieval Tapestries were enriched with metal and silk threads and used as an ostentatious display of strength, for both the Church, and the powerful.
• Oriental Tapestries
  Since the cultures of the Eastern world were opened up to the West by Jesuit missionaries, in the seventeenth century, Oriental Tapestries have been highly popular.
• Religious Tapestries
  Religious Tapestries make an intriguing and inspirational addition to any home.
• Renaissance Tapestries
  From around 1480 to 1520 the famous French Renaissance Tapestries known as the ‘Mille Fleurs’ were produced.
• 14th Century Tapestries
  There is a large gap in our knowledge of tapestry; we possess only examples from the last quarter of the 14th century.
• 14th Century Tapestries part two
  Although the English victory was a blow to dreams and illusions, the myth of chivalry persisted. It persevered in Burgundy, whose Dukes commissioned their tapestry wall hangings from Arras.
• Nautical Tapestries Maritime Art
  Nautical Tapestries reflect the inspiration, and captured imagination, of those times past. Maritime Art reflects our long term relationship with the ocean, and intrigue with distant shores.
• Sistine Chapel Tapestries
  Sistine Chapel Tapestries Only seven of the ten original Cartoons, produced by Raphael, for the Sistine Chapel Tapestries, survive today.
• The Raphael Cartoons
  The Raphael Cartoons are as famous as the Tapestries for which they were made. Originally, there were ten Tapestry Cartoons, seven of which now remain.
• World Map Tapestries
  A reproduction of Ptolems World Map was eventually published in 1482. The original Maps have never been discovered.
• The Unicorn Tapestries - Medieval Masterpieces
  The Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestries is among the most significant Medieval Tapestries ever created. There are many speculations as to why this set of seven Tapestries was produced, and also with regards to their true meanings.
• The Lady and the Unicorn - Exploring The Six Senses
  The Lady and The Unicorn was originally named “La Dame à la licorne”, and represents one of the most accomplished and beautiful series of Tapestries in the world.
• Tapestry Art and the Jacquard Loom
  The very first Jacquard Loom was put on display in Paris, at an ‘Industrial Exhibition’ in 1801. By 1806 it had been declared the property of the people
• Boucher Tapestry - In Pursuit of The Idyll
  The Tapestries of François Boucher are as revered today as they were during the Renaissance. This remarkable Tapestry Artist and painter began his career engraving the works of Antoine Watteau.
• Floral Tapestry - Bringing Natural Beauty To Your Home
  Floral Tapestries, making a wonderful addition to any room. Tapestries have a wonderful tactile quality, something which is unique to this ancient art form.
• Flemish Tapestries
  Flemish tapestry, at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, meant primarily Brussels tapestry; the city had become the principal centre for tapestry weaving, with a character and technique quite unlike that in other workshops.
• Flanders Tapestries
  In Brussels even more tapestries were produced, to satisfy the ever-increasing commissions.

  

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