Bobyrug’s Beautiful Mid Century French Jaquar Tapestry

Halte des Chasseurs (hunters' stop) Beautiful tapestry from the second half of the 20th century, crafted on Jacquard looms using wool and cotton with lovely shades of green and an ex...

Nice 20th century french tapestry with a medieval hunt design and beautiful colors with a red sky color, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing w...

Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry 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 tapestry weaving, weft yarns are typically discontinuous; the artisan interlaces each colored weft back and forth in its own small pattern area. It is a plain weft-faced weave having weft threads of different colors worked over portions of the warp to form the design. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen or cotton. The weft threads are usually wool or cotton but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives. The success of decorative tapestry can be partially explained by its portability (Le Corbusier once called tapestries...

A large scale early 19th Century French Aubusson Verdure tapestry, portraying a lush idyllic landscape with two large mature trees to each side framing the view with their wonderful ...