Tapestry

French Tapestry
MFA# 1976.735

Description

A decorative image hand-woven as a fabric. Tapestry panels were made as early as the 3rd century BCE.

See attached images.

Synonyms and Related Terms

wandtapijt (Ned.); tapiz (Esp.)

Resources and Citations

• Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985

• Encyclopedia Britannica, http://www.britannica.com Comment: "tapestry" [Accessed 28 Sept. 2005].

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry (Accessed Sept. 28, 2005)