It is difficult to put a precise date when and where the art of the tapestry of origin survivors as evidence is both rare and fragmented (true tapestries include various textiles woven on primitive rudest of early looms). However, the evidence we have indicates that the earliest known tapestry weaving was worked in linen by the ancient Egyptians between the period between 1483 and 1411 BC. Some scholars believe that tapestry art was introduced to the Egyptians by the ancient people of Mesopotamia. They argue that since tapestries were not produced in quantities up to the 4th century, the likelihood that Aboriginal art is underway distance. Fragments, preserved by the dry desert climate of Egypt, was discovered in the tomb of Tuthmosis IV (8 Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt). Two of these fragments of Egyptian pharaohs are equipped with cartridges, and the third is a succession of hieroglyphs. In addition, a glove and gown tapestries have been found in the tomb of Tutankhamen c1323 BC.

During the first millennium BC, it seems that the art of tapestry was successful throughout Western Asia. The fragments dating from British Columbia 4th or 3rd have been discovered in burial sites in Ukraine, near Kerch on the Crimean peninsula. The designs of these pieces are very decorative and a Hellenistic style that was particularly prevalent in Syrian art at that time. Another fragment dating 200 to 500 years later, was found in China at Lou-lan in the region Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous, and also shows Syrian connections and silk weaving. The archaeological sites of Palmyra and Doura-Europus also produced fragments of tapestries. Unfortunately, the weather in the Middle East was ideal for the conservation of textiles and therefore it is difficult to determine whether early AD, Syria has been an important center of tapestry production.

In both ancient Greece and Rome, there are descriptions literary production of wallpaper. The Odyssey of Homer (8th century BC?) Describes Penelope awaiting Ulysses, working in a tapestry that has been decrypted every night.

In Metamorphoses, Ovid (43BC the Roman poet-AD 17), describes in detail the tapestry occupations used by Arachne and Minerva in their fight mythological weaving. Throughout the period of the Roman Empire, the Romans imported tapestries in large numbers to decorate their public buildings and residences of the rich. It is generally accepted that the Latin terms related to tapestry and weaving are of Greek origin and therefore that tapestry art was introduced to the Romans by the Greeks.

Tapestry production in East Asia K'o-ssu (Chinese silk tapestries CUT) has been manufactured in China. The first vestiges of days K'o ssu of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Traditionally made of silk, completely, these tapestries are fine textured, light and fully reversible. They differ from European tapestries in that the son is distribution vertical to the European tapestry are woven horizontally. Fragments of the eighth century, were discovered in desert oases around Turfan in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, China. And the late Tang fragments was found in the Ch'ien-fo-tung or Mo-kao-k'u (Caves Thousand Buddha's) near the town of Tun Huang in Kansu Province. Although these fragments are not representative of the K'o-SSU most advanced beauty Tang period was its simplicity of simple repeating patterns of ducks, lions, flowers and vines, and are found mainly in areas relatively remote of Central Asia along the trade routes of the silk.

The oldest known complete tapestry China hangs in the Taima-dera, a temple near Nara, Japan. The tapestry is 43 square meters and has the history of the Tang dynasty priest Shan-tao. It was during the Sung dynasty (960-1279) of the imperial family who sponsored the arts and tapestry workshops Ting-Chou emerged in the province of Hebei. In Zhejiang Province, Yuan Dynasty (1206-1368) a government for weaving K'o-SSU was established in Hangzhou. The rich ornamental designs produced by the plant are often woven with the son of silver and gold. Here are some examples of tapestries luxury of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) exist today.

The finest tapestries produced during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911/12) are known for their delicate color and the use of religious and philosophical themes. Later, tapestries of the Qing Dynasty have survived in abundance but technical and artistic decline are evident. It was during the late 15th and early 16th century that the tapestry technique has traveled from China to Japan. TSUZURE-Nishiki (Japanese polychrome tapestry) is very different from Chinese tapestry in its relief more pronounced surface. This effect is achieved by using thick cotton fabric coated with gold, silver or silk son. Production of Japanese tapestry flourished during the Tokugawa (Edo) period (1603-1867) and continued throughout the course of the seventeenth and eighteen. Exceptionally, Japanese tapestries is mainly used to decorate clothing and gift packaging, often used as wall hangings. History of tapestry art in Korea remains somewhat ambiguous, but the bulk of the Tapestries the grounds of stylized production of carpets are still produced today.

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