More special offers in our Tapestry Sale

We have just added more special offers to our Tapestry Sale.

The Tapestry Sale has tapestry specials on an ongoing basis but it is rare that we add quantities to the selection. Frankly, this is often due to time constraints - putting them up is on the "to do" list but days turn to weeks etc. But this week saw some discipline and they are up.

We know people wonder why they are there. Are they soiled or faulty, returns or discontinued designs or ...? They are certainly not the first pairing, rather they are discontinued so we have one or two left but can not buy more to keep them permanently in our collection. So these ones and twos become a bit of a nuisance from an inventory perspective. Sometimes, not often, the weaver closes so the same situation occurs.

They are thus a "genuine" sale and at very good prices to0. Further, you can be assured that we have them in stock ready for immediate shipping.

So do browse through the Tapestry Sale: there are landscapes, traditional designs, contemporary ones too, floral tapestry art, and medieval tapestries. Click on appealing designs and then on the Buy button if you wish to order - this takes you into a fully secure shopping cart. We will then confirm the order and the shipping of your tapestry.

Ancient Art Tapestries

Cave paintings as tapestries? This was an unusual conversation topic for me this morning with my naturopathic doctor. I was having some acupuncture treatment and we talked about the depiction of cave painings in tapestry art as she slowly turned me into a pin cushion.

We were enjoying a conversation about travels in France, a wonderful topic, which side-tracked via the Loire Valley chateaux to the delightful Dordogne Valley. Here was found in 1940 stunning cave paintings at Lascaux: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux. Although you can only view replicas in a recreated cave system I had been privileged to see the real thing at nearby Font de Gaume (you have to book in advance).

A few years later one of our supplying weavers, in Belgium, produced several wall tapestries of these cave paintings. View these ancient art tapestries. What is really surprising about these ancient images is that they can be so effective in a contemporary setting (see photo above) in spite of thousands of years difference in time.

In fact, tapestry weaving is itself an ancient craft. In the History of Tapestries article on our website we mention their role in the cultures of the Incas, the ancient Egyptians and the classical Greeks. A tapestry loom is even depicted inside one of the pyramids. So perhaps you should think old when thinking new for your home decor!