Homeland tapestry - France of the 17th century, where the brothersTapestries opened royal manufactory with products named in their honor. At that time, the material was woven on looms. As a blank, a frame with stretched longitudinal threads was taken, on which a drawing was applied with transverse threads. The picture was drawn on cardboard. Not everyone could make tapestry. Behind the machine should have been an experienced artist. Flax was used as a material. Tapestries woven in different thicknesses. More dense hung on the wall, and thin served as bedspreads.
Today tapestry blanket is not so time consuming to manufacture as it was several centuries ago. The fabric is produced on an industrial scale and is quite acceptable.
The tapestry bedspread is not monotonous.As a drawing are used: floral themes, geometric patterns, abstraction and the world of fauna. One of the photographs shows a tapestry bedspread with images of Indian elephants. Such textiles are best used for decorating the interior in oriental style.
By the way, tapestry is not only covers, but also paintings. To create paintings used more expensive and high quality materials.
Nowadays, tapestries produce mainlyfrom natural materials. To weave them, they use cotton and linen threads. But most often they are combined with artificial materials. For example, an acrylic thread is used to make tapestry tapestry more durable.
The special interlacing of the threads ensures the strength of the material - breaking it is not so easy. This quality is especially important for pet lovers. Tapestry does not wipe, it is very wear-resistant.
The choice of curtains in our time is simply huge.For capes on furniture today use materials such as wool, silk, acrylic, natural and artificial fur. The combination of threads of different composition allows you to create chenille, velor, microfiber. One of the most popular is the tapestry bedspread, the price of which is quite low. Chenille is a combination of cotton with synthetic thread. It is soft due to cotton fibers and has good wear resistance due to synthetics. Micro-Velor (or microfiber) can be either fully synthetic or mixed. This is a very pleasant to the touch material, almost smooth, with a short or long pile.
This is not the whole list of fabrics for furniture. When choosing a bedspread for your bed or sofa, you should consider the overall design of your home, your own preferences and the characteristics of materials.