TAPESTRY WALL HANGINGS & FURNISHINGS

Tapestry Gallery offers an impressive range of woven artwork:  Medieval, Renaissance, Lady & Unicorn (Licorne de Cluny), William Morris, Bayeux, Castles, Pastoral & Country Scenes, Knights & Legends, Florals & Still Life, Contemporary.

 

This inspirational collection of woven artwork encompasses the skills of French, Flemish and Italian weavers. Woven on Jacquard looms, these richly textured tapestries add classical elegance and timeless beauty to any home, period or modern, bringing warmth, colour and texture.

 

Our versatile range of designs enables these hangings to be used in any room from dining and living areas to bedrooms and hallways, with portieres being ideal for stairwells. Tapestry Gallery offers only top quality loom woven Tapestries, no inferior, computer generated imitations or loosely woven look-alikes and all of our wall hangings are fully lined ready to hang.

 

We also stock a comprehensive range of tapestry furnishings – cushions, footstools, bell-pulls and table runners - to complement your chosen wall hangings.

 

We are proud to offer you the best selection of woven artwork available, not just through our online catalogue but also from our two retail shops where you can view and buy any of the products you see here on our website.

 

HOW A TAPESTRY IS MADE

All of our Tapestry products are skilfully woven on a traditional Jacquard Loom. Jacquard Looms considerably increase the weaver's speed of production, reducing the cost without affecting the quality of the finished tapestry. Nonetheless, much work is still required to produce these, especially in the design processes. The selected design and its colouring has to be transposed onto the cartoon. A series of up to 36,000 Jacquard perforated cards are then prepared for each tapestry: these determine the movement of each warp yarn intertwining with the weft yarns. The loom is threaded with some 12,000 horizontal warp threads which are placed in the correct order on the loom and passed through the eye of each of the corresponding 12,000 vertical loom heddles. 

 

                                     

                                                                                                        TYPICAL JACQUARD LOOMS

                                                                                               

HANGING YOUR TAPESTRY

Hanging your tapestry is straightforward: all tapestries are lined and have a tunnel or sleeve at the top through which to slide a hanging pole.

 

Unlike a framed print, tapestries are woven individually on a loom and part of their individuality is that there may be hanging undulations and they may not be perfectly square.  It is natural for them to expand and contract slightly - a certain amount of waving or minor curling is part of the charm!  

 

CARE AND MAINTENANCE

Tapestries are woven using cottons, rayons and wool. Whilst hanging them in direct sunlight is not ideal they are very durable and colour fast in normal settings.


The only care your tapestry needs is to remove any dust periodically by using a soft brush or the upholstery attachment of your vacuum cleaner. In the unlikely event that soiling occurs, the hanging may be dry cleaned.

 

HOW TO ORDER

Making a purchase online could not be easier: Just browse the catalogue, clicking on any thumbnail image will produce a larger picture with description, sizes and prices and will also show a "Buy" logo enabling you to add the item to the Shopping Cart, where you will be asked to enter your address and preferred payment details. All online orders are automatically acknowledged by email.

 

Alternatively, order by email, by mail, by phone or by fax. Payment is accepted by Visa, Mastercard, Debit Card or Cheque by post. If you need assistance in making your selection please contact us on: UK  01451 832093 or 01787 248348.

 

PRICES

As in all artwork, including tapestries, prices are not necessarily based on size. Generally, the price you pay for a reproduction tapestry will vary depending on the size, the number of colours, complexity of design and density of weave. All prices also include shipping and VAT.

 

SHIPPING

Shipping is free for all products within the UK. For security, all goods are despatched requiring a signature on delivery.

 

DELIVERY

Most items are available from stock and can be despatched immediately, however, with such a large range this is not always possible but we aim to ship all orders within 7-14 days.  Please notify us within 3 days of receipt regarding any problems with damage in delivery.

  

RETURNS POLICY - OUR PROMISE TO YOU

We want you to be pleased with the products you order from our online catalogue and enjoy your Tapestry for many years to come.  If, in the unlikely event, you are not completely satisfied with your purchase from our website, we are happy to exchange or replace for an alternative design or size.  Otherwise, as long as the goods are returned within 7 days, still in good condition, a refund will be offered. The above does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.