Tapestry
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A one-page dictionary entry on tapestry from Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. It surveys the history of tapestry hangings from antiquity through Flanders, France (Gobelins, Fontainebleau) and England, mentions the Bayeux tapestry, and briefly distinguishes hand (needle) tapestry from basse lisse (horizontal) and haut lisse (vertical) loom weaving.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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