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Robert Kemp Philp
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Tapestry
painting
is
an
imitation
of
the
famed
Gobelin
tapestry,
which
is
hand-woven
over
fine
cord.
The
imitation
is
painted
on
a
machine-woven
rep
canvas:
the
term
rep
is
a
corruption
of
the
Saxon
term
wrepp,
or
rape,
a
cord,
Dutch
roop,
from
which
we
get
the
word
rope.
In
the
Gobelins
the
shading
of
the
different
tints
of
wool
that
form
a
picture,
or
other
designs,
are
put
in
by
hand
work,
or
shuttles
moved
by
the
hand,
and
on
the
wrong
side
of
the
picture,
and
the
threads
of
wool,
the
weft
run
longitudinally,
not
horizontally,
so
that
when
the
design
is
finished
the
picture
is
turned
horizontally,
and
is
complete.
In
Tapestry
Painting
the
rep
of
the
canvas
is
from
right
to
left
(horizontal),
and
this
is
then
painted
over
and
forms
a
picture
in
imitation
of
the
Gobelin
tapestry.
The
latter
is
so
named
after
its
French
inventor,
Giles
Gobelin,
about
1520.
He
was
a
famous
dyer
who
discovered
the
celebrated
Gobelin's
scarlet
dye.
The
house
in
which
he
lived
was
purchased
by
Louis
XIV
for
a
manufactory
of
tapestry
for
adorning
palaces,
the
designs
for
which
were
drawn
by
Le
Brun,
a
celebrated
French
painter,
about
1666.
Her
Majesty
Queen
Victoria
has
recently
caused
to
be
established
at
Windsor,
an
establishment
where
the
art
of
making
"Gobelin
Tapestry"
is
successfully
taught.
1921.
Tapestry
of
Auxerre.
This
town,
in
the
northern
part
of
the
province
of
Burgundy,
was
once
famous
for
its
tapestry
of
a
peculiar
make.
The
design
was
handwoven
in
small
patches
of
colour,
and
then
was
sewed
together
at
the
back
to
form
the
picture.
Tapestry
painting
in
blocks
or
masses
of
a
single
colour
successfully
imitate
this
tapestry,
only
that
where
the
joining
is
of
the
real
Auxerre
tapestry
is
in
tapestry
painting
marked
by
a
black
outline.
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
