A wall tapestry is the result of the intersection of two kinds of threads:
- warp threads stretched on the loom and coming from the roller. These threads are laid out lengthwise which is called warping.
- the colored weft threads crossing the warps with the help of the shuttle. These weft threads are laid out crosswise (weaving).
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Techniques
Two techniques exist in the manufacture of the tapestries: the “Haute-lisse” and the “Basse-lisse”. These two techniques are radically different. Once the tapestry is completed, it is often hard to see the difference between them. The Haute-Lisse loom is made of two pillars supporting two mobile cylinders or rollers, the first one put in the higher part, and the other in the lower part. Weaving is made vertically. With the Basse-Lisse loom, the warp is stretched on a horizontal plan, thus weaving is made horizontally.
Jacquard Weaving
The manufacture of a tapestry can be analyzed in four stages. In order to guarantee a high quality product, the whole of the staff must be uncompromising on the quality of their services. One mistake can jeopardize the final result of the tapestry. These are the four stages of the manufacture of the Jacquard wall tapestries.
1. Creation: The first work is the creation. This work consists in the “mise en carte” the detailed drawing of the motif. Working from a tapestry that has already been design, the weaver has to follow the colors and contours for accurate weaving. Which will be possible only after this work of ” mise en carte”.
2. Warping: Production starts in the warping workshop. It is the weaving preparation. Thousands of dyed threads are winded on enormous reels (called rollers). These threads will form the warp of the tapestry. The warper puts all the colored threads in the correct order, side by side.
Surrounded by many reels, the first foreman, his eye riveted to the machine, knows each thread and allots it to its place according to the design. It is a work of patience on which depends the result of the tapestry wall hanging.
3. Weaving: The tapestry is the result of the intersection or interlacing of two kinds of threads:
- warp threads laid out lengthways – warping
- weft threads laid out crossways – weaving
- All our tapestries are weaving in France on Jacquard looms
- Looms Jacquard weaving: The weaver is tending the looms, in order to locate the possible defects. To form the final tapestry design, the warp and weft interlace.
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4. Finition: All the tapestries offered on this site are finished according to your requirements. The tapestries are completed and ready to be added to your wall decor.
Most of our wall tapestries have an added border which is woven independently of the tapestry itself. This finition adds a decorative accent to the panel.
All the tapestry hangings are lined with a durable cotton fabric.
A hanging system is aded to each wall tapestry’s back. Two means of hanging are systematically put on each tapestry:
- eyelets and a rod-pocket.
- the eyelets allow to hang your tapestries by using nails’ heads.
- the tapestry rod pocket allows to slide a rod which will be fixed into the wall, on each side of the wall tapestry.