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Definition: Tapestry |
TapestryNoun1. Something that is felt to resemble a tapestry in its complexity; "the tapestry of European history". 2. A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery. 3. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tapestry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing rich tapestry, foretells that luxurious living will be to your liking, and if the tapestries are not worn or ragged, you will be able to gratify your inclinations. If a young woman dreams that her rooms are hung with tapestry, she will soon wed some one who is rich and above her in standing. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | A closely woven figured fabric of compound structure in which the pattern is developed by the use of coloured yarns in the warp or in the waft or both; a fine binder warp and weft may be incorporated. It is normally used for upholstery. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Bayeux tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is not actually a tapestry (that is, a weaving), but is embroidery. It is currently to be found in a special museum in the town of Bayeux in Normandy. It was made in England, probably in Kent, after the Norman conquest of 1066, and commemorates the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings.
The tapestry is 70 metres long and 0.5 metres wide. It has 58 scenes, which portray in detail the progress of William I of England to the throne. It is sometimes said to have been made by William's queen, Matilda of Flanders, and her ladies. Indeed, in France it is known as "La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde" (Tapestry of Queen Mathilda). However, it was probably made in a workshop on the orders of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, who was William's half-brother.
The misidentification of Harold II of England in the tapestry has led to the widespread but incorrect idea that Harold was killed by an arrow striking his eye. The tapestry also contains a representation of a comet which is likely to be Halley's Comet. While political propaganda or personal emphasis may have somewhat distorted the historic accuracy of the story, the Bayeux tapestry presents a unique visual document of medieval arms, apparel, and other objects. However, it has been noted that the warriors are depicted fighting with bare hands, while other sources indicate the general use of gloves in battle and hunt.
The embroiderers used wool which had been tinted with vegetable dyes. The colours of muted brick, rust, mustard yellow, olive-green, dark brown and off-white can be found in cloth traditionally woven in the region.
The tapestry is a landmark in graphic art and its serial storytelling is considered an ancestor of the comic strip.
It has been parodied in later embroidery and artwork, particularly those involving invasions.
External Source
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tapestry is, strictly speaking, a wallhanging or carpet woven with the tapestry technique instead of normal weaving.
See: Bayeux Tapestry and Aubusson
The term is commonly (though incorrectly) applied to embroidered items made in Canvas work or Needlepoint, probably because this type of embroidery mimics the woven effect.
Tapestry is also an album by Carole King, released in 1971, the name of a sixth-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the name of a Java web application framework similar to WebObjects.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tapestry."
Synonyms: TapestrySynonyms: arras (n), tapis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or. |
Painting | Pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint; (coloring matter); watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish; a, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tapestry |
| English words defined with "tapestry": Brocatel ♦ Chamber hangings ♦ Gobelin ♦ hanging, high-warp loom ♦ low-warp-loom ♦ needlepoint ♦ tapestried, Tapestries, Tapestrying, Tapet, Tapiser ♦ wall hanging, Waterwork. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tapestry": basse lisse tapestry, Bayeux Tapestry ♦ Gobelin Tapestry ♦ hand-needlework tapestry, haute lisse tapestry, Houssain ♦ Mortlake Tapestry ♦ Radevore. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tapestry": tippet. (references) |
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Screenplays | In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obsenity that as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd.) My father wove a tapestry of profanity which to this day is still hovering somewhere over Lake Michigan (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark) | |
Lyrics | Weaving time in a tapestry (Hazy Shade Of Winter; performing artist: The Bangles) | |
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Song Titles | Technonerdboy (performing artist: Urban Tapestry) Web Surfin' (performing artist: Urban Tapestry) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Silk embroidered tapestry featuring a photograph of Henry Rockwell Mousseau, his medals and an embroidered portrait of his ship, USS Cleveland (Cruiser # 19). Cleveland served in the Far East during 1907-1910. Credit: NAVY. |  | Seating area, with chairs around table, cabinet, etc. with tapestry on wall in salon of the Reichs Chancellory, Berlin, German. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Albert Rothbart's tapestry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | George G. Frelinghuysen, business at 411 Park Ave., New York City. Tapestry table. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National Cathedral interiors. Tapestry of David and Goliath story in National Cathedral I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Bayeaux Cathedral exterior" by Philip Jackson Commentary: "The cathedral in the town where the Bayeaux Tapestry is housed. Stunning inside as well as out, very clean and well perserved." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | On the first floor, tapestry curtains |
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Economic History | Colombia | Colombia is an attractive market with a tapestry of demographic, geographic and cultural advantages. (references) |
Mexico | It is a broad and complex tapestry reflecting cultural differences, economic disparities, mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. (references) | |
Lebanon | The interplay for position and power among the religious, political, and party leaders and groups produces a political tapestry of extraordinary complexity. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mexico | It is also a tapestry of cultural differences, economic disparities, mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence. (references) |
Mexico | The U.S. - Mexico relationship is a tapestry of mutual interests, shared problems, and growing interdependence in which state and local governments as well as citizens' groups are all important players. (references) | |
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| "Tapestry" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.69% of the time. "Tapestry" is used about 229 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.69% | 226 | 20,021 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.31% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 229 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tapestry": basse lisse tapestry ♦ bayeux tapestry ♦ hang with tapestry ♦ hanging tapestry ♦ haute lisse tapestry ♦ needlework tapestry ♦ point tapestry ♦ russian tapestry ♦ Tapestry beetle ♦ Tapestry carpet ♦ tapestry moth ♦ tapestry velvet carpet. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tapestry": tapestry-covered, tapestry-hung, tapestry-maker, tapestry-making, tapestry-work. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tapestry | 1,756 | hippie tapestry | 24 |
wall tapestry | 283 | french tapestry | 24 |
tapestry wall hangings | 109 | antique tapestry | 20 |
tapestry fabric | 98 | unicorn tapestry | 20 |
bayeux tapestry | 73 | tapestry rod | 20 |
tapestry pillow | 64 | italian tapestry | 20 |
simply tapestry | 57 | tapestry kit | 19 |
tapestry wall hanging | 39 | tapestry purse | 17 |
celtic tapestry | 38 | wholesale tapestry | 17 |
tapestry throw | 38 | european tapestry | 16 |
tapestry handbag | 36 | tapestry luggage | 16 |
hamlet tapestry | 36 | carole king tapestry | 15 |
tapestry holiday | 34 | bayeaux tapestry | 15 |
hanging tapestry | 34 | carol king tapestry | 15 |
medieval tapestry | 28 | tapestry hanger | 15 |
indian tapestry | 26 | tapestry art | 14 |
grace tapestry | 25 | discount tapestry | 14 |
tapestry bag | 25 | tapestry bedding | 14 |
pillow tapestry throw | 24 | tapestry bed spread | 13 |
tapestry cushion | 24 | ehrman tapestry | 13 |
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| Language | Translations for "tapestry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | behangselpapier (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall, wall covering, wall-paper), behangsel (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall, wall covering, wall-paper), behang (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall, wall covering, wall-paper). (various references) | |
Albanian | tapiceri (hangings, seating, upholstery, wall covering, wallpaper), vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, back, cannon, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, impute, inlay, invest, line, lug, overlay, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, throw on, tog, vesture, wear, whack), sixhade (gobelin, rug). (various references) | |
Arabic | نسيج مزدان بالرسوم و الصور, نجود, بساط حائط مزخرف. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тъкан имитираща гоблен, гоблен (gobelin). (various references) | |
Chinese | 繡帷 , 挂毯 (Tapestries), 壁毯 . (various references) | |
Czech | tapiserie, vyèalounovat, goblén, gobelín (gobelin), èaloun (upholstery). (various references) | |
Danish | tapet (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall covering, wall-paper), vægtæppe. (various references) | |
Dutch | behang (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall covering, wallpaper, wall-paper). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tapeto (wall covering). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرده نقش دار, پرده قالیچه نما, ملیله دوزی . (various references) | |
Finnish | seinäverho, kuvakudos. (various references) | |
French | tapisserie (tapestry carpet). (various references) | |
German | Wandteppich (Arras, wall hanging), Gobelin (gobelin). (various references) | |
Greek | κεντητό παραπέτασμα, τάπητασ τοίχου, τάπητας τοίχου. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרבד קיר, שטיח קיר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kárpit (drape), gobelin (gobelin), faliszőnyeg (arras), falikárpit (arras). (various references) | |
Italian | tappezzeria (paper, upholstery, wallpaper), arazzo (Arras). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 綴れ織り . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つづれおり. (various references) | |
Korean | 태피스트리 (Tapestries). (various references) | |
Manx | tapeish. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apestrytay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tapeçaria (arras, drapery, upholstery, woolwork). (various references) | |
Romanian | tapiserie (upholstery), tapet (carpet, paper, wall paper, wallpaper), covor (carpet, rug). (various references) | |
Russian | гобелен (arras, arrases, gobelin, Gobelin tapestry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tapiserijski, tapiserija. (various references) | |
Spanish | tapiz (Arras, carpet), papel pintado (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall covering, wallpaper, wall-paper). (various references) | |
Swedish | vävd tapet, tapet (hangings, paper, paper-hangings, wall covering, wallpaper, wall-paper). (various references) | |
Turkish | goblen (Arras, gobelin), duvara asılan işli örtü. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ткати гобелени, гобелен, оббивати декоративною тканиною, завішувати гобеленами, декоративна тканина. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tấm thảm. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tapetibus, tappetia, vestis. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | tapisserie. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | DissaV clainaV epoihsen tw andri authV ek de bussou kai porfuraV eauth endumata |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mem stragulam vestem fecit sibi byssus et purpura indumentum eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Men. A rai cloth she made to hir; bijs and purpre the clothing of hir. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 22 |
| Cebuano | Siya nagabuhat alang sa iyang kaugalingon ug mga alfombra; Ang iyang saput lino nga manipis ug purpura. |
| Croatian | Sama sebi šije pokrivaèe, odijeva se lanom i purpurom. |
| Danish | Tæpper laver hun sig, hun er klædt i Byssus og Purpur. |
| Dutch | Mem. Zij maakt voor zich tapijtsieraad; haar kleding is fijn linnen en purper. |
| Finnish | Hän valmistaa itsellensä peitteitä; hienoa pellavaa ja punapurppuraa on hänen pukunsa. |
| French | Elle se fait des couvertures, Elle a des vêtements de fin lin et de pourpre. |
| German | Sie macht sich selbst Decken; feine Leinwand und Purpur ist ihr Kleid. |
| Haitian Creole | Li fè kouvèti lenn pou kabann yo. Tout rad li yo fèt ak twal wouj tise byen sere. |
| Hungarian | Szõnyegeket csinál magának; patyolat és bíbor az õ öltözete. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia sendiri yang membuat permadaninya; pakaiannya dari kain lenan ungu yang mewah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diperbuatnya bagi dirinya perhiasan permadani, dan pakaiannya dari pada kain halus yang ungu warnanya. |
| Italian | Si fa delle coperte, di lino e di porpora sono le sue vesti. |
| Korean | 그 는 자 기 를 위 하 여 아 름 다 운 방 석 을 지 으 며 세 마 포 와 자 색 옷 을 입 으 며 |
| Maori | Oti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whariki mona; he rinena pai, he papura ona kakahu. |
| Norwegian | Hun gjør sig tepper; fint lin og purpur er hennes klædning. |
| Portuguese | Meme. Faz para si cobertas; de linho fino e de púrpura é o seu vestido. |
| Rumanian | Ea kwi face knvelitori, are haine de in supyire wi purpurq. |
| Russian | пОБ ДЕМБЕФ УЕВЕ ЛПЧТЩ; ЧЙУУПО Й РХТРХТ--ПДЕЦДБ ЕЕ. |
| Spanish | Tapices hace para sí, y se viste de lino fino y púrpura. |
| Swedish | Sköna täcken gör hon åt sig, hon har kläder av finaste linne och purpur. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tapestry": tapestrying. (additional references) | |
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"Tapestry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alpestre, papistry, tapestrey, tapestrie, tapistry, tavestry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tapestry" (pronounced ta"pustrē) |
| 5 | -u s t r ē | artistry, baptistery, biochemistry, chemistry, dentistry, forestry, geochemistry, industry, ministry, palmistry, registry. |
| 4 | -s t r ē | ancestry, Maestri, pastry. |
| 3 | -t r ē | asymmetry, banditry, basketry, bigotry, cabinetry, carpentry, circuitry, complementary, country, dissymmetry, elementary, entry, gadgetry, gallantry, gantry, gentry, geometry, helotry, idolatry, infantry, mitre, optometry, pageantry, paltry, pantry, peasantry, pedantry, pleasantry, poetry, poultry, psychiatry, punditry, puppetry, reentry, rocketry, sentry, spectrometry, sultry, summitry, symmetry, telemetry, toiletry, wintry, zealotry. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-1 letter: patters, spatter, tapster, yatters. | |
-2 letters: aptest, estray, paster, pastry, paters, patter, payers, prates, pretty, repast, repays, stater, stayer, tapers, taster, taters, tetras, trapes, treats, treaty, tryste, yarest, yatter. | |
-3 letters: apers, apery, apres, apter, artsy, asper, aster, eyras, pares, parse, parts, party, paste, pasty, pater, pates, patsy, patty, payer, pears, peart, peats, peaty, pesty. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: baptistery, strathspey. | |
+3 letters: hyperstatic, strathspeys, tapestrying, tryptamines. | |
+4 letters: antipyretics, attorneyship, keratoplasty, presbyterate, pterodactyls, spermatocyte, tryptophanes. | |
+5 letters: attorneyships, dermatophytes, expostulatory, hypothecators, parasynthetic, phreatophytes, presbyterates, prostatectomy, spermatocytes, spermatophyte, stereotypical, superactivity, tetrapyrroles, tracheophytes, transparently. | |
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