ˈtapestry-work
= tapestry n. 1.
| 1434 N.C. Wills (Surtees 1908) 43 Lectum meum de tapstriwerke cum leonibus et pelicano. 1459 in Paston Lett. I. 479 Item, j testyr of blewe tapistry warke. 1587 Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1332/1 The feast was excellentlie well furnished of all things, & speciallie of tapistrie worke & other deuises of sugar. 1601 Holland Pliny viii. xlviii. 227 The course rough wool..hath been of auncient time highly commended and accounted of in tapestrie worke. 1812 M. Edgeworth Vivian viii, Miss Strictland [followed] bearing her ladyship's tapestry work. |
| Comb. c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Borlers, tapstry worke, makers, and dyers. |
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ˈtapestry-worked a., tapestried;
ˈtapestry-worker, one who works or makes tapestry.
| 1727 (title) The Practice of Perspective..a work highly necessary for Painters, Embroiderers, Jewellers, Tapestry Workers. 1883 Ld. R. Gower Rec. & Remin. xxi. II. 60 Two large tapestry-worked screens. 1908 H. Pentin Judith iv. 77 ‘Judith and Holofernes’ was also a favourite subject for tapestry-workers. |