Taupe Tapestry

Taupe

Taupe is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.

Tapestry

Tapestry is a form of textile art which was traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical pieces are intended to hang vertically on a wall, or sometimes to lie horizontally over a piece of furniture such as a table or bed. Some periods made smaller pieces, often long and narrow and used as borders for other textiles. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen, or cotton. The weft threads are usually wool or cotton but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives.

taupe

Noun

1. A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

Adjective

1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

tapestry

Noun

1. A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
2. Anything with variegated or complex details.

Verb

1. To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.