Tapestry is a form of textile art. Large size looms are generally used to weave tapestries on. It makes use of threads of many types to make laces like gold, silk and silver. Tapestries have been used as wall hangings but unlike needlework, it was woven on a loom. It was also erected in levels much larger than would traditionally be used in hand-stitched embroidery. Tapestry panels ranging from ten or twelve feet in height and twenty feet long are fairly normal.

Tapestry incorporates bits of history, art, and comfort in them. Modern tapestry is aesthetic, chic, stylish version that can be used as a decorative wall hanging in your den or used as an accent rug in the family room. You can choose great varieties of tapestry from an online store like www.tapestrycatalogue.com. Your family will love the exquisite designs, which are molded from heirlooms and special mementos.

An oriental tapestry wall hanging will include symbols and signs like those of elephants, camels and Buddha. At online tapestry stores like www.tapestrycatalogue.com one can place an order from a gallery of oriental tapestries wall hangings that feature collection of Elephants, Buddha and more from the 18th century. Oriental tapestry wall hangings are also available retail to the trade. The oriental tapestry collection comprises of Royal Elephants- woven in 1844, inspired by the designs from Jean Amédée Couderc. The original is exhibited at the Muse due Louver in Paris. The online store also carries an Elephant in Oriental style, trendy in Europe in the XIX th century. Woven in Aubusson along with other tapestries of camels, Lord Buddha and Cheval drape.

The rise of European tapestry in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as a form of artistic expression was centered mainly in the north, particularly in Brussels and Paris, cities that continued to influence the art for the next three centuries. Italian tapestry production arose during the sixteenth century. However, Oriental tapestry artists have earned a reputation for uniquely integrating traditional views of the world with modern insights into human choice and destiny. The work of a small but growing number of artists has drawn international attention and consequently, of importance to museums and the private art collector, prices of original, handmade works by some of these artists is beginning to increase rapidly. Specialty galleries provide access to the better artists and to unconventional but beautiful works.

Back To Articles


	@ Tapestry Catalogue