tapestry

thumb|upright=1.5|Weaving a small tapestry on a high-warp loom, 2022, New Zealand right|thumb|One of the tapestries in the series The Hunt of the Unicorn: The Unicorn is Found, circa 1495–1505, [[The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City]]

Tapestry is a form of textile art which was traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to hang vertically on a wall (or sometimes in tents), or sometimes horizontally over a piece of furniture such as a table or bed. Some periods made smaller pieces, often long and narrow and used as borders for other textiles. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen, or cotton. The weft threads are usually wool or cotton but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives. thumb|Tapestry Room from Croome Court, moved to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art, hung with made to measure 18th-century Gobelins tapestries, also covering the chairs. 1763–71]]