Jacquard or tapestry?

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  1. Mario

    Mario Well-Known Member

    rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug4.jpg rug5.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug4.jpg rug5.jpg rug6.jpg rug7.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug4.jpg rug5.jpg rug6.jpg rug7.jpg rug8.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug4.jpg rug5.jpg rug6.jpg rug7.jpg rug8.jpg rug9.jpg rug1.jpg rug2.jpg rug3.jpg rug4.jpg rug5.jpg rug6.jpg rug7.jpg rug8.jpg rug9.jpg rug10.jpg Need help identifying type of tapestry this is. Measures 100" x 94" and is made of cotton. Really need to be schooled on this but never the time. Thx in advance.
     
  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it would help if we could see a photo..................................................:eek:
    maybe 2...

    44 is a bit overwhelming..........:jawdrop:
     
  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like a jacquard loomed item..
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Agree, jacquard woven.
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

  6. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    I agree with it being a jacquard machine-woven textile, the stripey effect ("floats" - unused weft carried across the back of the fabric) on the reverse is a giveaway.

    About jacquard vs. tapestry:
    Jacquard is the weaving technology/method, while tapestry is the textile. Traditionally, tapestries were a weft-faced weaving with all the warp threads hidden, and were hand-woven with pictorial/narrative designs, (Warp=the vertical set of threads, held tight on the loom. Weft=the horizontal threads woven over and under the warp threads.)
    But the word tapestry is pretty loosely used nowadays, often referring to any textile wall-hanging, and most woven textiles that people call "tapestries" are jacquard-woven. The jacquard machine, a device that is fitted to a loom, was patented in 1804 so it's been around for over 200 years.
    Yours is a lovely example of what is often called a "jacquard-woven tapestry".
     
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