tapestries

plural of tapestry

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Recent Examples of tapestries Between 1974 and 1997, Wiener and Roth again came together to create an additional five collaborative tapestries together. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 As guests gathered for dinner at David Geffen Hall, floral tapestries and otherworldly décor by David Stark Design gave the gala feast the right amount of baronial flair. — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026 Feldman hopes the exhibition, which spans fine-line drawings of entangled lovers and radiant topographical tapestries, will complicate that familiar account. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 At the event, some rugs were laid out on the grass in lieu of picnic blankets for guests to lounge on while nibbling on light bites; others were suspended from metal frames like tapestries. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026 This works well for tapestries, quilts, stone reliefs, frottage—media whose own materiality is assertive enough to compete with Zumthor’s surfaces. — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Eight handwoven silk carpets, each inscribed with Quranic verses, hang like royal tapestries. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 Hang Tapestries Hang tapestries or sculptural chain links to create a unique decorative display, suggests interior designer Brittny Button. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Aug. 2026 The advances of balloon aeronauts who required reams of silk had made large-scale rolls of fabric available to textile artists, making wallpaper cheaper than custom tapestries or murals for the parlor. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tapestries
Noun
  • Fashion designer Simon Port Jacquemus listed it among his favorite addresses in Vogue, and French street artist Invader unofficially blessed the building with one of his trademark mosaics.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • On the façade of the basilica in Lourdes, banners were placed over controversial mosaics ahead of Leo’s visit.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.
    — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Panels also featured decorations that included hearts, rainbows, sequins, a Star of David, a chef’s hat, a chorus line of dancers, teddy bears, and a panda.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Lowlights included uninspiring medleys.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • 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).
    — Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After that, new products and assortments will be locally designed, developed and even manufactured in China.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Burlington has also taken steps to reduce its weather sensitivity, including strengthening its home products assortments.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Wiener not only leaves behind a richly complex body of work straddling textiles, painting, photographs, and collages, but also a career intricately connected to one of the most important chapters of Austrian art.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Creating magazine collages can be a great activity for the whole family, according to Blanka Molnar, founder of Your Sorted Space .
    — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.
    — Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Picking up her weekly shopping, pensioner Ute Istock quips that the choice of apple varieties is as broad as that of candidates on the ballot sheets in last month's city election — adding that this is not necessarily a good thing.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The place back in 2013 received high praise in Saveur magazine for its pies, 20 different varieties.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Tapestries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tapestries. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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