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 (warping).

• the colored weft threads crossing the warps with the help of the shuttle. These weft threads are laid out crossways (weaving).

Techniques

Two techniques exist in the manufacture of the tapestries: the "Haute-lisse" and the "Basse-lisse". These two methods differ grealy. 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 thus 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 simple mistake can ruin the entire wall tapestry. These are the four stages a Jacquard woven tapestry goes through.

1. Creation: The first work is the creation. This work consists in the "mise en carte" the detailed drawing of the design. Indeed, working from a medieval or contemporary design, the creator has to simulate the colors and contours for the weaving to be authentic. Which will be possible only after this work of " mise en carte".

2. Warping: Production starts in the warping workshop. This is the preparation for the weaving. 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 a multitude of reels, the first foreman, whose eye is riveted on his machine, knows each thread and allots it to its place according to the motif. It is a work of patience on which depends the result of the wall tapestry.

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. The warp and the weft will interlace each other, and the design will come to life.

4. Finition: All the tapestries offered on this site are finished according to your requirements. The wall tapestries are finished, ready to be hung on your wall.

Most of our tapestries have an added border which is woven independently. The finition adds a decorative aspect which accentuates the panel.

All the tapestry hangings are lined with a durable cotton fabric.

A hanging system is put on the back of each wall tapestry. Two means of hanging are systematically put on each tapestry:

• eyelets and a rod-pocket.

• the eyelets allow to hang your wall 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.