tapestry

[Dan Goncharoff]

It is clearly intended to be woven, using the Jacquard-loom technique:

http://www.cfa.gov/meetings/2011/sep/20110915min.html

Why is the material important?

DanG


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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