TAPESTRY Synonyms

• thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

• weave a design into (textiles)

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern

• a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it

• having a woven pattern

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

• cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds

• elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

• decorative needlework

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• the underlying structure

• a highly figured fabric woven on a Jacquard loom

• French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)

• a loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads; used in weaving figured fabrics

• a creation created or assembled by needle and thread

• work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle

• of or relating to fabrics or fabric making

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• creating fabric

• decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

• a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

• a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery