Chinese Polychrome
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CHINESE POLYCHROME PORCELAIN HAPPY BUDDHA / 5 CHILDREN STATUE,10” (PRE-1940′s)! $99.99 |
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China Chinese Nonya Ware Octagonal Shape Bowl w/Polychrome Decor 19th Century $45.00 |
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Nice Signed Antique 19thC Chinese Polychrome Porcelain Teapot $245.00 |
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REPUBLIC PERIOD CHINESE IMPERIAL YELLOW POLYCHROME PORCELAIN BOWL $158.05 |
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20thc Chinese Polychrome Enamel Porcelain Cup Set (12) $650.00 |
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PERFECT ANTIQUE POLYCHROME CHINESE PORCELAIN PLATE $49.00 |
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Antique Porcelain China polychrome delft noble blue ginger urn temple jar vase $29.00 |
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Large Porcelain China Foo Lion polychrome delft noble blue ginger urn temple jar $63.00 |
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Antique Chinese Polychrome Bowl – circa 1800 – No:1 $7.89 |
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Antique Chinese Polychrome Bowl – circa 1800 – No:2 $7.89 |
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Antique polychrome carved warrior Chinese Tibetan 15 inches $495.00 |
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19th Century Qing Dynasty Polychrome Overglazed Swatow Shishi & Peony Dish Plate $94.83 |
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18th Century Qing Dynasty Polychrome Overglazed Swatow Shallow Bowl Dish TS229 $94.83 |
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ANTIQUE SOLID BRASS CHINESE BOX CLOISONNE, AND POLYCHROME ENAMEL RAISED FIGURES $19.95 |
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VINTAGE 1960′S CHINESE POLYCHROME RESIN FISHERMAN STATUE $39.99 |
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VINTAGE 1960′S CHINESE POLYCHROME RESIN IMMORTAL STATUE $39.99 |
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VINTAGE 1960′S CHINESE POLYCHROME RESIN IMMORTAL “SHOU XING” STATUE $39.99 |
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Antique Fine Quality Polychrome Chinese Ox Bone Carving of Boy Horse $800.00 |
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Antique Fine Quality Chinese Japanese Polychrome Ox Bone Carving of Flower $700.00 |
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Chinese Antique Polychrome Ox Bone Snuff Bottle Signed Carving $700.00 |
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Nice Chinese Polychrome porcelain snuff bottle, hand-painted Lee poem. $50.00 |
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Antique CHINESE YIXING Zisha/Polychrome/Red/Clay TEAPOT /BAMBOO $99.99 |
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A lovely Chinese polychrome lidded temple jar $200.00 |
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A brightly decorated Chinese polychrome vase $200.00 |
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A Chinese polychrome Kamcheng (food vessel) $100.00 |
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VINTAGE CHINESE PORCELAIN HAND-PAINTED POLYCHROME BLUE GINGER JAR $19.99 |
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Antique Chinese Polychrome Vase + Matching Charger – 36.2cm – with seal marks $294.93 |
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ANTQ CHINESE SILVER&HAND PAINTED POLYCHROME PORCELAIN SHARD BOX – INCENSE BURNER $19.75 |
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VIntage Chinese Porcelain Figurine Statue Polychrome Enamel w/Claw $9.99 |
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HUGE WEDGWOOD POLYCHROME FLOW BLUE CHINOISERIE CHINESE RED COBALT BLUE VASE $299.99 |
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Chinese polychrome porcelain Flower & Bird pattern Pot $88.99 |
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ANTIQUE CHINESE WOOD CARVING POLYCHROME GREAT FIGURE $225.00 |
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Antique Polychrome Chinese Ching Oriental 10 1/4 ” Bowl $40.00 |
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CHINESE COROMANDEL SCREEN 1700′s UNUSUAL POLYCHROME EIGHT PANEL LAO TSE & GODS $9,999.99 |
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EARLY FLOW BLUE POLYCHROME CHINESE RED & COBALT CHINOISERIE PAT PLATTER $149.99 |
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Chinese Ox Bone Polychrome Flower Tree Figurine mark signed $10.50 |
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RARE 18th CENT LARGE CHINESE PORCELAIN HAND PAINTED POLYCHROME TANKARD / MUG $39.50 |
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Antique Chinese Polychrome Gilt Wood Carved Ancestral Figure – Scholar – Buddha $200.00 |
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Old SIGNED CHINESE Polychrome enamel porcelain IMPERIAL EMPEROR FIGURE $29.99 |
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Fine Quality Polychrome Chinese Ox Bone Carving of Woman $650.00 |
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BEAUTIFUL POLYCHROME PORCELAIN BRUSH POT $230.00 |
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FANTASTIC CHINESE PORCELAIN POLYCHROME PLATE PURPLE KANGXI 20C $12.50 |
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SPLENDID CHINESE POLYCHROME WHITE RED PLATE GUANGXU 19TH C $19.49 |
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FINE OLD CHINESE ANTIQUE POLYCHROME OX BONE CARVING SCULPTURE WORK OF ART $10.50 |
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Vintage Chinese Polychrome Ceramic Relief Footed Planter/Bowl Nice Condition NR $99.95 |
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Pair Chinese Porcelain Polychrome Canton Vases Vase $308.24 |
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Chinese Ming Dynasty polychrome vase $0.99 |
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Chinese Water Jar Antique Detailed Court Scene Polychrome Export Kangxi OLD $9.99 |
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Chinese Ming Dynasty polychrome vase $0.99 |
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A Rare Antique 18th C Chinese Porcelain Polychrome Cup with Ducks Qianlong $399.99 |
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Early 19th Century Chinese Polychrome Plate Saucer 12cm Diameter $1.56 |
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Chinese Porcelain Saucer Plate Peaches Polychrome Enamels Ex Kau Collection $139.99 |
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Antique Ming Dynasty Chenghua(1465-1487) Period Chinese Polychrome Small Saucer $19.99 |
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Antique Chinese polychrome enamel dish / bowl with bat and fruit design $7.89 |
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China Chinese lotus shaped bowl dish w/Polychrome w/ famille rose saucer marked $3.99 |
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20th C Chinese Decorative Polychrome Carved Wood Panel $99.99 |
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Pair of Antique Chinese Polychrome Wood Horse Sculptures $3,600.00 |
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China Chinese Nonya Ware Lotus Shaped Bowl w/Polychrome Decor ca.19th Century $145.00 |
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6 CHANG OR CHINESE TEAHOUSE POLYCHROME FLOW BLUE BUTTER PATS MARKED ASHWORTH $89.99 |
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Very Fine Polychrome Antique Porcelain Chinese Lady With Flowers Gilded C1930s. $0.98 |
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18th C. (QIANLONG) Chinese Export Biblical Subj. Polychrome Enamel 6″ Waste Bowl $99.99 |
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PERFECT ANTIQUE POLYCHROME CHINESE PORCELAIN BOWL $49.00 |
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Antique Chinese Qing Dyn. polychrome or multicolor porcelain plate, Asian art $18,999.99 |
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Outstanding Incised, Polychrome Plate ~ Chinese Imari Birds Flora Cobalt Ground $44.00 |
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18th Century Qing Dynasty Shipwreck Swatow Polychrome Small Dish Signed $47.41 |
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18th Century Qing Dynasty Shipwreck Swatow Polychrome Small Dish Signed $47.41 |
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18th Century Qing Dynasty Shipwreck Swatow Polychrome Small Dish Signed $47.41 |
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WEDGWOOD FLOW BLUE POLYCHROME CHINOISERIE COBALT & CHINESE RED NING PO PLATE $89.99 |
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Chinese Gilt Polychrome Wood Carved Mandarin $299.99 |
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Chinese Polychrome Wood Buddha Figure of Kwan Yin $299.99 |
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Chinese Late Qing (1892-1912) Polychrome Over Glaze Set of Three Bowls $79.99 |
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Chinese export porcelain vase polychrome painted $150.00 |
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FANTASTIC FLOW BLUE POLYCHROME COBALT & CHINESE RED GEOMETRIC PLATE $59.99 |
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Chinese Polychrome Mudman Figurine $22.99 |
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Old Chinese Glass Polychrome Snuff Bottle $65.00 |
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Chinese polychrome porcelain Bird Pattern Snuff Bottle $24.99 |
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Chinese Floor Vase Kwan Yin Raised Enamel Polychrome $93.49 |
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1862 FLOW BLUE POLYCHROME ASHWORTH’S CHINESE URN 8 3/4″ PLATE W/ HEAVY GILDING $65.00 |
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Chinese Gilt Polychrome Lotus Snuff Bottle ca. 1930′s $45.00 |
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Lot of 3 Fine China Chinese Porcelain Imari Polychrome Decor Plates ca.1930 $140.00 |
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Chinese Ching Period Polychrome Ribbed Porcelain Bowl $150.00 |
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Old Beautiful Large Chinese Hand-Painted Polychrome and Gold Porcelain Vase $139.00 |
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19th Century Chinese Wood & Polychrome Emperor Carving $695.00 |
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VTG 16 Piece c1930 Rose Medallion Polychrome Hand Painted China Mixed Service $399.95 |
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Old Wood Figurine Boy Monk? Angel Harp Polychrome Carving Hong Kong China Statue $9.99 |
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Pair of Antique Polychrome Chinese Porcelain Temple jars $900.00 |
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Vintage Chinese Polychrome Enamel Woman on Wall PENDANT $63.74 |
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Vintage Chinese Polychrome Enamel Man on Ship PENDANT $63.74 |
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ANTIQUE CHINESE POLYCHROME VASE EARLY 20TH CENTURY $290.99 |
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47″Huge Chinese polychrome porcelain household Vase $4,900.00 |
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Antique Signed Polychrome Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar with Personages $350.00 |
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Antique Signed Polychrome Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar with Personages $395.00 |
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FLOW BLUE POLYCHROME BEARDED MAN HANDLE CHINOISERIE CHINESE RED PITCHER $199.99 |
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Antique Flow Blue Polychrome Chinese Pattern Oval Bowl $59.99 |
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Old Flow Blue Polychrome Chinese Pattern Rim Soup Bowl $39.99 |
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Flow Blue Polychrome Chinese Pattern Rim Soup Bowl #2 $34.99 |
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20thc Chinese Polychrome Bats & Fruits Vase (H: 16.5cm) $835.00 |
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ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY CHINESE POLYCHROME OX BONE 4″ CANTON CARVED VILLAGE LIFE! $600.00 |
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Large Antique 19th C Chinese Gilt & Polychrome Painted Hotei / Budai Bust / Head $800.00 |
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chinese polychrome export wall pocket majolica 19 cent. $150.00 |
A History of Tapestry: Part 1
It is difficult to put an exact date on when and where the art of tapestry originated as the surviving evidence is both rare and fragmented (true tapestries include various primitive textiles woven on the rudest of early looms). However, the evidence we do have indicates that the earliest known tapestry weaving was worked in linen by the Ancient Egyptians between the period 1483 and 1411 BC. Some scholars believe that tapestry art was introduced to the egyptians by the ancient people of Mesopatamia. They argue that since tapestries were not produced in quantities until the 4th century the likelihood of the art being indigenous is remote. Fragments, preserved by the dry desert climate of Egypt, were discovered in the tomb of Thutmose IV (the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt). Two of these ancient fragments have cartouches of Egyptian Pharaohs and the third is a succession of hieroglyphs. Also, a woven tapestry glove and a robe were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamen c1323 BC.
In the first millennium before Christ the evidence suggests that the art of tapestry weaving was flourishing throughout Western Asia. Fragments that date from the 4th or 3rd century BC were discovered in burial places in the Ukraine near Kerch on the Crimean Peninsula. The designs of these fragments are very ornamental and of a Hellenistic style that was particularly prevalent in Syrian art at that time. Another fragment dating 200 to 500 years later was found in China at Lou-lan in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, and again shows Syrian connections and is of silken weave. The archaeological sites of Palmyra and Doura-Europus also produced fragments of tapestries. Unfortunately, the climatic conditions in the Middle East was not ideal for textile preservation and for this reason it is hard to determine whether at the start of the Christian Era Syria was a great centre of tapestry weaving and production.
In both ancient Greece and Rome there are literary descriptions of tapestry production. Homer, in the Odyssey (8th century BC?), describes Penelope, whilst waiting for Odysseus, working on a tapestry that was unraveled each night.
In Metamorphoses, Ovid, the Roman Poet (43BC-AD 17), describes in detail the tapestry looms used by Arachne and Minerva in their mythological weaving contest. Throughout the period of the Roman Empire the Romans imported tapestries in vast numbers to decorate their public buildings and the homes of the wealthy. It is generally accepted that the Latin terms related to tapestry and weaving are Greek in origin and therefore that the art of tapestry making was introduced to the Romans by the Greeks.
Tapestry Production in Eastern Asia The K’o-ssu (Chinese tapestry of cut silk) has long been produced in China. The earliest surviving examples of K’o-ssu date from the T’ang dynasty (ad 618-907). Traditionally, made of entirely silk, these tapestries are fine in texture, light in weight and completely reversible. They differ from European tapestries in that the warps are vertical to the pattern as opposed to European tapestries that are woven horizontally. Fragments from the eighth century have been discovered in desert oases around Turfan in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. And late T’ang fragments have been found in the Ch’ien-fo-tung or Mo-kao-k’u (Caves of the Thousand Buddha’s) near the town of Tun Huang in Kansu Province. Although these fragments are not representative of the more developed K’o-ssu of the T’ang period their beauty is in their simplicity of simple repeating patterns of ducks, lions, flowers and vines; and they were found mainly in relatively remote areas of Central Asia along the silk trade routes.
The oldest known complete Chinese wall tapestry hangs in the Taima-dera, a temple near Nara, Japan. The tapestry is 43 square feet and tells the story of the T’ang dynasty priest Shan-tao. It was during the Sung Dynasty (960-1279) that the imperial family patronized the art of tapestry and workshops sprang up at Ting-Chou in Hopeh Province. In the Chekiang Province, under the Yuan dynasty (1206-1368) a government for weaving K’o-ssu was established at Hangchow. The rich ornamental designs produced by the factory were frequently woven with gold and silver thread. Few examples of the exquisite tapestries from the Ming period (1368-1644) exist today.
The finest tapestries produced during the Ch’ing dynasty (1644-1911/12) are renowned for their delicate colouring and their use of religious and philosophical themes. Later tapestries from the Ch’ing dynasty have survived in abundance but technical and artistic decline are evident. It was during the late 15th and early 16th century that the tapestry technique travelled from China to Japan. Tsuzure-nishiki (Japanese polychrome tapestry) is much different from Chinese tapestry in its more pronounced surface relief. This affect is achieved by using thick cotton weft threads covered with gold, silver or silken thread. The production of Japanese tapestry flourished during the Tokugawa (Edo) period (1603-1867) and continued throughout the seventeenth and eighteen century. Unusually, Japanese tapestries were used primarily to decorate garments and wrapping gifts, they were rarely used as wall hangings. The history of tapestry art in Korea remains somewhat ambiguous but the productions of coarse tapestry woven rugs with stylized motifs are still in production today.
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Angela Dawson-Field has written various articles for The Tapestry House. Her favourite subjects include Medieval and Religious Tapestry art.