Woven textile technique
A textile technique in which coloured weft threads create the image as the fabric is woven.
Example
Look at a woven wall hanging from more than one distance because the woven structure and the overall scene compete for attention.
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Millefleurs ground
A woven textile background densely filled with small flowering plants rather than a continuous landscape.
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The Lady and the Unicorn
A celebrated late medieval woven textile cycle displayed at the Musée de Cluny, built around a lady, a lion and a...
Conservation and research
Textile conservation
The examination, stabilisation and care of woven, embroidered or otherwise fibre-based objects.
Techniques and materials
Oil on canvas
A painting made with oil-bound pigments on a woven textile support.
