tapestry

[Victor Steinbok]

The accepted Eisenhower Memorial design includes what is being described
as "woven metal tapestries".

http://goo.gl/TvVI8
> The setting for Eisenhower Square will be framed by transparent woven
> metal tapestries.  Harkening back to ancient memorial tapestries, this
> modern interpretation will be made of woven metal and supported by
> 80-foot-tall columns.  The images on the tapestry depict the plains of
> the American Midwest.

A number of news reports drop the word "woven" or even both "woven" and
"metal", resulting in a somewhat novel interpretation of "tapestry".
This could cause a rather rapid drift. Next time someone wants to design
a free-standing mural in a city park, they just might refer to it as a
"tapestry".

     VS-)

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