Sentence examples for fine tapestry from inspiring English sources

Hanging on the wall of Elizabeth I's chamber at Hampton Court Palace was once a fine tapestry, woven in gold thread, depicting the murder of Julius Caesar.

Hoodless found herself entering a whole new world - that of the fine tapestry dealer, choosing museum pieces for her client's home.

We create art — goals woven together intricately like fine tapestries, spun gold, and then hung on the wall for the world to admire.

Voltaire's poem "Le Mondain" depicts its author as the owner of fine tapestries and silverware and an ornate carriage, revelling in Europe's luxurious present and scorning its religious past.

The Royal Family is the fabric that holds England together, as the fine tapestries hanging on stone walls.

Her chambers were decorated with fine tapestries and carpets, as well as her cloth of state on which she had the French phrase En ma fin est mon commencement ("In my end lies my beginning") embroidered.

Among these riches were chests filled with jewels and pearls, gold and silver coins, ambergris, bolts of the highest-quality cloth, fine tapestries, 425 tons of pepper, 45 tons of cloves, 35 tons of cinnamon, 3 tons of mace and 3 of nutmeg, 2.5 tons of benjamin (a highly aromatic balsamic resin used for perfumes and medicines), 25 tons of the precious red dye cochineal and 15 tons of ebony.

"It's truly one of the finest tapestries you could find today -- really a masterpiece".

The main Song dynasty achievement in silk production was the perfecting of kesi, an extremely fine silk tapestry woven on a small loom with a needle as a shuttle.

The town's Baroque cathedral, dedicated to St. Thomas Becket, contains fine Flemish tapestries.

Consider Louis XIV, the Sun King, who established royal factories to supply his palaces with fine furniture, tapestries and porcelain.