2. Verb. (third-person singular of tapestry) ¹
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Definition of Tapestries
1. tapestry [v] - See also: tapestry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tapestries
Literary usage of Tapestries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Homer writes of tapestries of great beauty woven by the Greeks; the Book of Exodus
speaks of textile hangings done by the Hebrews. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Coptic tapestries were all used, in so far as known, in decorating costumes, ...
Throughout the history of art from the earliest records, tapestries have ..."
3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"J In many respects the tapestries show Raphael at his best; ... The influence of
the tapestries on later art cannot be estimated ; it has been still greater ..."
4. Art in Industry by Charles Russell Richards (1922)
"Wool and THE INDUSTRY cotton tapestries for these purposes must, ... tapestries are
woven on large Jacquard looms in imitation of hand-woven tapestries. ..."
5. Art in Industry: Being the Report of an Industrial Art Survey Conducted by Charles Russell Richards, University of the State of New York (1922)
"Wool and THE INDUSTRY cotton tapestries for these purposes must, ... tapestries are
woven on large Jacquard looms in imitation of hand-woven tapestries. ..."
6. Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916 by Cleveland Museum of Art (1916)
"COURT OF tapestries AND ARMOR EIGHT tapestries SUBJECT: THE STORY OF ...
THE pedigree of these eight tapestries is unusually clear and well authenticated. ..."
7. How to See the Vatican by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1914)
"Not by any means all of the tapestries hung in the Galleria degli Arazzi were
... Baedeker says that the cost of weaving the whole ten tapestries came to ..."
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