Tapestry is probably the oldest of the flat-surfaced patterned carpet-weaves. It is characterized by wefts, or horizontal threads, that do not run the full width of the fabric. Instead discontinuous weft of cliff colors forms the designs patterns.
Tapestry looms vary in form from culture to culture, although in general they have two stationary parallel bars and one or two adjustable bars around which the wrap (vertical threads) is secured. They may be either or horizontal, with heavy beams between which the warp is stretched. Auxiliary bars are attached by means of loops or heddles to alternate warps and enable the weaves to pass weft threads between odd and even warps. The warp-weighted loom, a type of upright tapestry loom, was used in ancient Greece and remains in use in Scandinavia. It is so named because the warp hangs free from upper bar, weighted at the ground with ceramic stone weights tied to the ebd of the warp.
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