A textile with pictures or patterns woven into it, usually hung on a wall for decoration. Tapestries are traditionally woven on vertical looms. Video here.
Last Judgement Tapestry. Flemish. Ca. 1505. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass.
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