as in mosaics
something made up of many different things, people, etc.
In spring and early summer, the garden was a vivid tapestry of colors. All of our experiences, both good and bad, form part of the rich tapestry of our lives.
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Recent Examples of tapestries
The rooms feature Bianco Bianchi faux marble scagliola pieces, precious tapestries by artist Elena Carozzi, Impruneta terracotta flooring and bathrooms in Cipollino marble from Carrara.
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Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Accent walls are evolving to include limewash, murals, wallpaper, and tapestries for depth and personality.
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Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
1 June 2026
Embark on a journey through six possible future worlds and engage with films, audio stories and soundscapes, installations and projections, costumes and tapestries, movie miniatures and speculative artefacts.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Built in 1425 and restored in the 1950s, the castle is furnished with art and tapestries from as early as the 14th century.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2026
Kente cloths in Ghana’s Asante region; suzani in Central Asia; kilim in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan; ikat in Indonesia; the vast tapestries of medieval and Renaissance Europe that still hang resplendent in homes and churches across the continent.
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Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
20 May 2026
After the show we were treated to a walkthrough of the David Geffen Galleries, which are showcasing everything from a molded Issey Miyake bustier to Pre-Columbian tapestries.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
The former Sidos space has been transformed into a restaurant with neon signs, faux greenery, tapestries depicting temples and spiral light fixtures.
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Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2026
We are put in charge of making our own way, through tapestries and tea sets, past ancient jug and contemporary sphinx, without heavy-handed authoritative direction.
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Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
Accent walls are evolving to include limewash, murals, wallpaper, and tapestries for depth and personality.
—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
1 June 2026
Embark on a journey through six possible future worlds and engage with films, audio stories and soundscapes, installations and projections, costumes and tapestries, movie miniatures and speculative artefacts.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Built in 1425 and restored in the 1950s, the castle is furnished with art and tapestries from as early as the 14th century.
—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2026
Kente cloths in Ghana’s Asante region; suzani in Central Asia; kilim in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan; ikat in Indonesia; the vast tapestries of medieval and Renaissance Europe that still hang resplendent in homes and churches across the continent.
—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
20 May 2026
After the show we were treated to a walkthrough of the David Geffen Galleries, which are showcasing everything from a molded Issey Miyake bustier to Pre-Columbian tapestries.
—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
The former Sidos space has been transformed into a restaurant with neon signs, faux greenery, tapestries depicting temples and spiral light fixtures.
—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
5 May 2026
We are put in charge of making our own way, through tapestries and tea sets, past ancient jug and contemporary sphinx, without heavy-handed authoritative direction.
—
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapestries
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Still, the embryos frequently ended up as mosaics, STAT’s Andrew Joseph and Megan Molteni write, with a mix of edited and unedited cells.
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La Duna Gallery features oil paintings and glass mosaics by owners John and Dana Maher.
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People pack gay bars on the weekends, and businesses like White Rabbit in Plaza Midwood display rainbows and pride flags with, well, pride in and out of the store.
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Now, whether or not these lake-run rainbows should be considered true steelhead is a matter of debate.
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Where assortments were once strongly driven by trends, today the starting point is the customer.
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The assortments give shoppers a chance to try several scent profiles without committing to one full-size luxury bottle.
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Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
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For the elder millennials, the bittersweet spot was the medleys of older Kanye cuts released from 2004 to 2016 (think The College Dropout to The Life of Pablo).
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New designs are layered on top of old, creating accidental collages between eras.
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Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making.
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Arachnids, including spiders (most common varieties) and scorpions.
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Because its founders, the Faro family, built a small empire in Sicily from an ornamental plant business that grew into one of the largest Mediterranean plant nurseries in Europe, exporting more than 5,000 varieties to 60 countries.
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
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“Tapestries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapestries. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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