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What is the difference between tapestry and embroidery? Is the Bayeux tapestry an embroidery?

Question #150584. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Feb 05 2024.
Originally posted Feb 04 2024 11:31 PM.

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Tapestry originally meant threads were woven into the fabric itself. Embroidery is the ornamentation on the fabric using a needle and thread. The Bayeux Tapestry is embroidery.

link https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/tapestry-or-embroidery/#:~:text=Despite%20its%20name%2C%20the%20Bayeux,devoted%20to%20the%20embroidery%20itself.

Feb 05 2024, 2:39 AM
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