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		Definition of tapestry in English: tapestrynounPlural tapestries ˈtapɪstriˈtæpəstri 1A piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing.  panelled walls hung with old tapestries mass noun motifs and compositions used in Indian tapestry as modifier tapestry bags  Example sentencesExamples -  Brightly colored fabric and large tapestries lined all the walls except for the one directly in front of the doors.
 -  Every room, stairwell and recess jostles with eye-catching objects, pictures, furniture, tapestries.
 -  Framed pictures and tapestries lined every hallway they passed.
 -  No paintings here, instead the walls were decorated with ornate tapestries featuring geometric designs that could almost have been old Celtic.
 -  His house was decorated with paintings, tapestries, and family pictures.
 -  She embroiders clothes, makes tapestries, and weaves.
 -  On the walls, there were thick tapestries made of expensive fabrics, and old pictures painted in glory.
 -  The Tajik style of tapestries typically has floral designs on silk or cotton and is made on a tambour frame.
 -  Her range of work includes hand-woven tapestry, wall hangings, framed tapestries, hand-woven bags and belts.
 -  The tapestry is woven in wool on linen warps and contains details in silk, gold and silver.
 -  In 1533 the Dermoyen tapestry firm dispatched a team of weavers and merchants to Istanbul to design tapestries for the sultan.
 -  It was high-ceilinged and raftered with white stone set with gems, and on the walls were hung tapestries of gold thread.
 -  The walls had excellently crafted tapestries that must have been precious family heirlooms from the look of them.
 -  She was a very keen gardener and flowers and plants feature in the Elizabethan needlework and tapestries in the house.
 -  The walls were coated with cobwebs and blanketed with old tapestries.
 -  One other area of textile work worthy of note is that of tapestry and embroidery.
 -  Later, the artist went through periods of making tapestry and large-scale textile works.
 -  From 1977 on the work she exhibited included both large pieces of tapestry weaving and finely woven braids.
 -  She sat down at her loom, working quickly on the tapestry she was weaving.
 -  The tower was burning, quickly spreading to other parts of the castle which were richly furnished with wooden furniture, silk tapestries and oil paintings.
 
 - 1.1 Used in reference to an intricate or complex sequence of events.
 the loopiness of the Commons adds to life's rich tapestry  Example sentencesExamples -  I've been told that my life is but a single thread in the tapestry of the universe.
 -  As was indicated in Chapter 3, this rich tapestry of cultural and social variety is no new phenomenon.
 -  No less important, is the tapestry of outreach events organised by orchestras that bring musicians' skills off the stage.
 -  Over time, this tolerant allegiance has woven the varied tapestry of Indian Hindu Dharma.
 -  In fact, much of this issue of History Today picks up strands of the complex tapestry of the history of liberty.
 -  Form and content have been beautifully woven into a tapestry of romance, speaking for the here and now.
 -  But this remains only one small thread in the environmentalist tapestry.
 -  His betrayal was woven into the colorful tapestry that was their story.
 -  To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived.
 -  Meticulously illustrated pictures painted with a careful hand spanned pages upon pages in an epic tapestry of secret history.
 -  My own dreams seemed trivial before this tapestry of family plans and lifelong ambitions and children's college funds.
 -  Immigrant literature may seem to occupy a curious midway world, weaving a tapestry that is at once familiar and far away.
 -  You may be an integrator, able to seamlessly weave a tapestry of home and work threads.
 -  His past was a bitter tapestry sewn together from threads of fear and insecurity.
 -  The road to Mandalay is an asphalt thread through a tapestry of traditional village life.
 -  And in conversation he wove a fantastic tapestry of myths about his personal life.
 -  The tapestry of this complex play gives scope for some exciting performances, particularly for the wives and daughter.
 -  This intuitive quality that you speak of is not an entirely positive thread in the tapestry of my being.
 -  Tibetans make as much a part of the cultural tapestry of India as many other ethnic communities and cultures.
 -  Using archival footage, the producers created a beautiful tapestry of a life well spent.
 
  
 
 Derivatives   adjective  She successfully proffered $44,000 for six tapestried chairs and a sofa that had been made, a long time ago, for Queen Marie Antoinette of France.  Example sentencesExamples -  Beautiful ornaments, photographs and objects fill every available shelf, complementing the slender, often tapestried chairs.
 -  The dining room with chandeliers by candlelight, log fire and tapestried walls, offers continental and local fare prepared with creativity.
 -  Such a terrific piece of knowledge caused me to yell, and to bolt (like a rabbit into his burrow) through the tapestried door at the side of the audience-chamber.
 -  "I know, but I have been taking care all evening, and frankly, I want to scream," she replied as she flung herself dramatically into a red tapestried chair.
 
 
 
 Origin   Late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier 'tapestry worker' or tapisser 'to carpet', from tapis 'carpet, tapis'.    Definition of tapestry in US English: tapestrynounˈtapəstrēˈtæpəstri 1A piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving colored weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or furniture covering.  Example sentencesExamples -  The tower was burning, quickly spreading to other parts of the castle which were richly furnished with wooden furniture, silk tapestries and oil paintings.
 -  On the walls, there were thick tapestries made of expensive fabrics, and old pictures painted in glory.
 -  It was high-ceilinged and raftered with white stone set with gems, and on the walls were hung tapestries of gold thread.
 -  The Tajik style of tapestries typically has floral designs on silk or cotton and is made on a tambour frame.
 -  She embroiders clothes, makes tapestries, and weaves.
 -  The walls were coated with cobwebs and blanketed with old tapestries.
 -  His house was decorated with paintings, tapestries, and family pictures.
 -  She sat down at her loom, working quickly on the tapestry she was weaving.
 -  Later, the artist went through periods of making tapestry and large-scale textile works.
 -  Her range of work includes hand-woven tapestry, wall hangings, framed tapestries, hand-woven bags and belts.
 -  In 1533 the Dermoyen tapestry firm dispatched a team of weavers and merchants to Istanbul to design tapestries for the sultan.
 -  One other area of textile work worthy of note is that of tapestry and embroidery.
 -  Every room, stairwell and recess jostles with eye-catching objects, pictures, furniture, tapestries.
 -  From 1977 on the work she exhibited included both large pieces of tapestry weaving and finely woven braids.
 -  The walls had excellently crafted tapestries that must have been precious family heirlooms from the look of them.
 -  Brightly colored fabric and large tapestries lined all the walls except for the one directly in front of the doors.
 -  No paintings here, instead the walls were decorated with ornate tapestries featuring geometric designs that could almost have been old Celtic.
 -  She was a very keen gardener and flowers and plants feature in the Elizabethan needlework and tapestries in the house.
 -  Framed pictures and tapestries lined every hallway they passed.
 -  The tapestry is woven in wool on linen warps and contains details in silk, gold and silver.
 
 - 1.1 Used in reference to an intricate or complex combination of things or sequence of events.
 a tapestry of cultures, races, and customs  Example sentencesExamples -  Form and content have been beautifully woven into a tapestry of romance, speaking for the here and now.
 -  Meticulously illustrated pictures painted with a careful hand spanned pages upon pages in an epic tapestry of secret history.
 -  Using archival footage, the producers created a beautiful tapestry of a life well spent.
 -  As was indicated in Chapter 3, this rich tapestry of cultural and social variety is no new phenomenon.
 -  I've been told that my life is but a single thread in the tapestry of the universe.
 -  No less important, is the tapestry of outreach events organised by orchestras that bring musicians' skills off the stage.
 -  Immigrant literature may seem to occupy a curious midway world, weaving a tapestry that is at once familiar and far away.
 -  The tapestry of this complex play gives scope for some exciting performances, particularly for the wives and daughter.
 -  His betrayal was woven into the colorful tapestry that was their story.
 -  In fact, much of this issue of History Today picks up strands of the complex tapestry of the history of liberty.
 -  His past was a bitter tapestry sewn together from threads of fear and insecurity.
 -  Tibetans make as much a part of the cultural tapestry of India as many other ethnic communities and cultures.
 -  This intuitive quality that you speak of is not an entirely positive thread in the tapestry of my being.
 -  The road to Mandalay is an asphalt thread through a tapestry of traditional village life.
 -  And in conversation he wove a fantastic tapestry of myths about his personal life.
 -  You may be an integrator, able to seamlessly weave a tapestry of home and work threads.
 -  Over time, this tolerant allegiance has woven the varied tapestry of Indian Hindu Dharma.
 -  To complete his tapestry of interwoven plots, the resolution had to be brilliantly contrived.
 -  My own dreams seemed trivial before this tapestry of family plans and lifelong ambitions and children's college funds.
 -  But this remains only one small thread in the environmentalist tapestry.
 
  
 
 Origin   Late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier ‘tapestry worker’ or tapisser ‘to carpet’, from tapis ‘carpet, tapis’.     |