Talk:Tapestry
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[edit] poor picture
This is a pathetic Tapestry article. It needs to be at least ten times longer and meatier. Please let's get a better lead photo, maybe a closeup of a famous historic tapestry that does not look so much like ordinary common embroidery etc as the modern couch pillow currently shown... And we need diagrams showing the details of tapestry weave stitch. 69.87.200.111 01:15, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
- Replaced the picture. - PKM 00:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
- Replaced the picture again. There are good illustrations of tapestry weaving in the commons, which we should add to this article, along with a discussion of the method of construction. - PKM 00:31, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
- Well I add two pictures tapestry weaving and one of a loom some time ago. But more discussion of the method of construction is still needed - Doktor Faustus 2 July 2007
[edit] Tapestry Other forms of needlework called "tapestry"
The kilim and Navajo blanket can be called true tapestry given that they are weft-faced weavings, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work. That pillow has caused some trouble. I am not even sure one can tell what kind of needlework it is from the photo. I would think it either canvas work or machine jacquard fabric. I left the Bayeux Tapestry and The New World Tapestry Famous tapestries list, but add a note saying they are Tapestries. I also added the “Tapestry and Embroidery” section to try and clear up confusion on the subject. On subject I am not totally sure of is whether fabric made on jacquard looms is regarded as Tapestry, I think yes, but am not totally sure. - Doktor Faustus 2 July 2007
- Fabric made on Jacquard looms is called tapestry by the industry, but differs from tru tapestry in that all of the weft threads reach from selvage to selvage, rather than starting and stopping where the color is needed.
- The problem with the pillow is that needlepoint is called "tapisserie" in French, and the term "tapestry" is used (especially in the UK, I think) to mean needlepoint. Dictionaries support this expanded usage, as they do using tapestry to mean loosely any textile wall hanging. - PKM 00:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
