Tapestry

 Tapestry - is woven by hand or machine-made decorative fabric. The word "tapestry" comes from the French language, which was once a proper name. Gobelins - names of famous painters in whose honor was named the street with textiles, and still serving there. Characteristic features tapestries - ribbed effect on the front side, which is created by the warp threads, and uneven surfaces from the inside, formed by weft yarns and stitches. Tapestries are widely used for home decoration, furniture upholstery, as pile carpets and paintings. Sketches for tapestries created many famous artists F. Boucher, A. Matisse, Le Corbusier, F. Leger and others. In the middle of the last century for the manufacture of tapestries began to use synthetic materials, braid, cord, leather, began to experiment with relief-textured effect fabric and introduce applications, openwork and collages. Fashion designers have long Tapestry fabric on arms. Of them sew coats and jackets, creating ethnic costumes, make all kinds of accessories (bags and purses).