Skip to main content

Tapestries

Scope note

Heavy, figured wall hangings, usually of wool, handwoven on the tapestry loom; also, machine-woven versions that imitate these.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000205002

Broader Terms used

wall hangings

Narrower Terms used

verdures
entrefenĂȘtres

Equivalent Terms used

tapestry (wall hanging)

Created

13yrs ago

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Terminology definition for: tapestries" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-73254 Accessed: 2024-12-18 19:44:53

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/terminology/term-73254|title=Terminology definition for: tapestries|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 19:44:53|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/terminology/term-73254

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...