Flemish Tapestry Design
by PainterArtist FIN
Title
Flemish Tapestry Design
Artist
PainterArtist FIN
Medium
Tapestry - Textile - Mixed Media
Description
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom. However, it can also be woven on a floor loom as well. It is
composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length (called the warp) and those parallel to the width (called
the weft); the warp threads are set up under tension on a loom, and the weft thread is passed back and forth across part or all of the
warps. 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
coloured weft back and forth in its own small pattern area. It is a plain weft-faced weave having weft threads of different colours worked
over portions of the warp to form the design.Weavers use a naturally based warp thread such as 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 "nomadic murals"). Kings and noblemen could roll up and transport
tapestries from one residence to another. In churches, they were displayed on special occasions. Tapestries were also draped on the
walls of castles for insulation during winter, as well as for decorative display.
In the Middle Ages and renaissance, a rich tapestry panel woven with symbolic emblems, mottoes, or coats of arms called a baldachin,
canopy of state or cloth of state was hung behind and over a throne as a symbol of authority. The seat under such a canopy of state
would normally be raised on a dais.
The iconography of most Western tapestries goes back to written sources, the Bible and Ovid's Metamorphoses being two popular
choices. Apart from the religious and mythological images, hunting scenes are the subject of many tapestries produced for indoor
decoration.
Art by PainterArtist FIN who was born and raised in Flanders Belgium
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