These take half the time to produce and we can purchase

In the early beginnings tapestries were used to shield people from the cold, but today tapestries can warm people’s hearts just from their appearance and beauty.It wasn’t long before tapestries were also used as a status symbol in one’s home. Kings and Nobles were one of the first to display them in their homes. These were also portable and they could take them place to place. Tapestries were also used to detail and explain biblical stories. They were also used to bring out one’s imagination and humor. In our modern society we use these qualities and many more for mattress woven fabric expression and decoration.Original tapestries that you see in various museums were hand woven and took many months of hard work and labor. They used expensive materials to create this work of art. Some of the materials that were used were fine silk, wool and gold and silver threads for accents.Many of the tapestries that we hang on our walls are copies of original artwork. They are also not hand woven, but made by machines.

These take half the time to produce and we can purchase these at realistic prices. You can trace tapestry history all the way back to ancient Greece and ending up with our modern versions. What this work of art accomplishes is to bring a breath of fresh air to any room. It creates charm and character to your empty walls. It also will enhance any room with exquisite beauty.There are so many different and unique tapestries present in today’s market. I am certain there is a fit for everyone’s circumstance and decor. Viewing a wall Tapestry can calm ones nerves after a hectic day.My advice is if you have any open space why not fill it with a bit of history...Barbara Tobiasz resides in the Chicago area and studied at the Art Institute. She has consulted and volunteered her services for many organizations with her creative expressions in the interior design field. Her hobbies include reading, taking long walks with her dog and working her magic turning ordinary rooms into creative works of art. Tapestries of early times were often patterned on current events or heroes of the day. Wall tapestries with knights and castles often adorned the very castles they displayed. Tapestries were important in castles to reduce the draft and cold in the large stone buildings.

They were hung on the inside of exterior walls in the rooms where people congregated. Tapestries with knights and castles were often created to preserve the history of the occupants of the castle and the weavings often remained in the castle for many centuries and generations. With each new generation adding their piece of work to the visual history on the walls.Tapestries from the middle ages can sometimes be very helpful in providing social information of the time period. They depict the armor that was worn and the accessories such as banners and horse decoration used during battle. They also showed the original construction of buildings that may no longer exist but still hold historical relevance. Such things as food and drink and household customs were depicted with pride and preserved as an indication of the family’s position. They were often very busy tapestries in that they may depict many people and horses and activities all one the same piece of work.