Jean Lurçat, French tapestry artist, has a recurring dream. He is in Paris, walking across the Place de la Concorde toward the Hotel Crillon. Suddenly, the grey old Crillon is transformed before his ...

How did a rare 16th-century Renaissance tapestry, currently housed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, come to be the unlikely centerpiece of a fascinating performance running in downtown ...

Six enormous, stunning tapestries designed by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael are being shown for the first time in the United States at the Columbus Museum of Art. “Raphael — The Power of ...

A heritage railway has received a handcrafted tapestry as a gift from a dedicated supporter. The Chinnor and Princes ...

ARRAS, created by Mark Lewanski of Portland, Michigan, is “comprised of thousands of delicate glass fibers, woven together by hand,” and resembles a colorful, flowing quilt.

A tapestry with an extremely chilling story lies hidden away in the vaults of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The enormous, 30 sq. m, hanging is emblazoned with a swastika on the chest of an heraldic ...

Historically, tapestries were a practical necessity as well as a decorative accent, providing warmth and sound dampening to stone-walled homes as early as the 15th century. Because of their high cost, ...